[CS-FSLUG] SuSE 10.0 and monkeySoft

[Tim Young]

Hi Wade,
To tell you how to mount the XP and fat32 partitions, could you run the 
following command and send us the output?
/fdisk -l /dev/hda
/If you have two hard-drives, could you run this one too?
/fdisk -l /dev/hdb
/
The /etc/mtab file is supposed to show you what is actually mounted.  
The /etc/fstab shows you what could be or should be mounted.  On many 
distros, the /etc/mtab file is actually a symbolic link to something in 
the /proc directory (which means it points to a spot in the kernel memory).

As to accessing the other computers on the network, are you asking how 
to look at one of the XP shares from the Linux box, or to access one of 
the Linux shares from the XP box?

The former (the XP acts as a server, and the Linux as the client) does 
not require you to do anything with samba.
The latter (Linux as the server and XP as the client) does require you 
to set up samba.

    - Tim Young

Wade A Smith wrote:

>All,
>
>I have just installed a purchased verion of SuSE 10.0 on a dual-boot
>system (WinXP).
>Our home network contains 5 monkeySoft-based computers.  Normally I'd ask
>Fred, 
>but he aint got no steenkin monkeySoft in his house to know (or even
>care) about my 
>problem (other than to warm me against the "dark side").
>
>My Linux box has XP(NTFS) with a 5GB  FAT32 for transfers and SuSE10.0.
>
>How do I set up /etc/fstab to access the XP (read only) and the FAT32
>(rw)?
>
>What is /etc/mtab and what is it good for (is it needed to talk to the
>local partitions)?
>
>How do I access the other computers on the network?  I know about Samba,
>but how to config?
>
>wade in Florida
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