Re: [SLUG] Shared windows/linux directory

From: Pete Theisen (petet@acun.com)
Date: Mon Feb 14 2005 - 18:25:54 EST


Daniel Jarboe wrote:
>>turns out that I have to make some room on the disk, create a FAT 32
>>partition, put my wannabe shared files on that partition, get Samba
>>working somehow. This is where I am now, trying to get Samba to start.
>
>
> Hrm, it's still not entirely clear to me what you want.
>
> Do you have a windows/linux dual-boot PC and want a single partition
> that can be read by both OSes? This does not require Samba. The FAT
> 32 partition you created should be all you need.
>
> OR
>
> Do you want to share these files over the network with Windows PCs?
> Samba is the best solution here, but you didn't need the seperate FAT
> 32 partition.
>
> OR
>
> Do you need both? Then you need both the partition and Samba.
>
Hi Daniel!

I guess Samba is sort-of running. There is a boot message about starting
Samba Daemons. I will create the partition, populate it with some files
and see what happens!

Regards,

Pete
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