On Tuesday 16 September 2008 23:29:39 Paulo Silva wrote: > You could try using some NFS implementation on your Windows (I think > SFU[1] has a nfs client but there should be others) but imo samba is not > hard to setup and will give you less trouble. > > [1] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/interopmigration/bb380242.aspx > > Ter, 2008-09-16 às 10:29 +0200, Clifford W. Hansen escreveu: > > Greetings list, > > > > At home I have a couple of Debian boxen, and am using NFS on the "nas" > > (pc with a usb hdd) to share file between these systems. > > > > The main problem is that my fiance's pc still has windows on it (it is > > dual boot, she doen't know it yet *eg*), and she needs access to some of > > these "shares". > > > > I would prefer not to install samba just for one machine, but if I have > > to so be it (although I might have to do so in any event to share the > > printer). > > > > I would also like to mount these shares similar to how I do so on my > > Linux boxen, eg. c:\My Documents -> nfs://nfsserver/mydocuments (afaik > > this is not possible) > > > > The ultimate solution would be to remove windows, but this is a work in > > progress... ;) > > -- > Paulo Silva <paulojjs@gmail.com> Thank you for the link, still busy downloading, but will post results. I know samba is easy to setup (except if you trying to make a domain controller), I would just like to have as little installed as possible on my "nas" As for less trouble, well I'll find out once it's finished downloading... /me curses south african internet speed or the lack thereof... :/ -- Thank you, Clifford W. Hansen PHP Developer / Linux Administrator (Cell) +27 82 883 8677 (Fax) +27 86 503 0634 (E-Mail) clifford@nighthawk.co.za (MSN) clifford@nighthawk.co.za (GPG) 0x936D6C19 "We have seen strange things today!" () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments
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