Re: [SLUG] sharing drives

From: Paul M Foster (paulf@quillandmouse.com)
Date: Fri Feb 10 2006 - 01:12:42 EST


michael hast wrote:
> Is it possible to have a box read and write to a removable media drive
> on another box in the network? ie-cd/dvd-rw? If so, how difficult a
> task is this? There are several machines on my home network and it just
> seems dumb to have to buy cd-burners for each of them. Thanks.
>

Sure. You have to make sure you've got media in the drive, mount it, and
then share it via NFS or Samba. A removable media device is like any
other as far as mounts and sharing are concerned.

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Paul M. Foster
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