OT: Where to buy computer parts?....how to network...

[Dre G.]

NFS would work great if the machine was always in linux BUT if its in 
windows you can just setup a smbclient on the machine that your sshing 
into and mount the windows shares to that box, then you still have acess 
to everything, I currently have a network of about 10 boxs all of which 
are linux except ONE and nfs for me has been a great thing.
I do have one printer hanging off of the windows box, I use rh's print 
tool that uses smb cups to do its printing, If I can just get rid of that 
one last box I will be windows free on my network and have no need for smb 
(except LinNeighboorhood) <--- nice little tools just makes working with 
smb sooooooooooo much easier (client side anyway) I keep that tool around 
for when people come over with machines and want to share files, or I am 
working on boxs at home and want to back up all of thier data before an 
install or during a recovery.

I hope some of this info helps, I can be contacted on 
irc.progameplayer.com #linux #linuxjunkies OR irc.freenode.net #kclug for 
real time help if needed, all in all its pretty simple, smb to me is 
still like the devil ;)

dre

On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Matt G wrote:

> Thanks for all the tips guys.  I was able to drive around and find all the
> stuff I needed.  Actually...the first place I went had a magazine that
> showed all the places you guys mentioned as well as parts/price lists.
> So...it cut down on the driving time a bit.  I ended up winning a bet that
> an old k6-233 still worked, and that it just needed a new ps, some ram, a
> hdd and cd drive.  The hardest thing to find was a Serial Mouse.  I checked
> compusa for a ps2-serial adapter...they wanted $20 for it.  Incredible.    I
> ended up finding a used serial mouse that works great.
> 
> I was able to get RH9 setup and it seems to be working well.
> http://mdg.homelinux.org/.  So, now my question is:...what about networking?
> 
> Here is the setup:
> I have a Lynksys router doing nat etc.  It works just fine.  There are only
> 2 computers that are in the house.. the server and the desktop.  My wife
> switches back and forth between linux and windows.  And on that desktop,
> there are 2 big fat32 partitions that I've mounted in linux...so I can get
> to my files from either boot.
> 
> How can I get to those partitions from the server?  I've been reading about
> NFS and Samba.  Will either of those work for both boots?  That is...if I
> ssh to my server from work...will I be able to get to the files on my
> desktop in linux and/or windows?
> 
> If anyone can point me in the right direction so I can read up, I'd
> appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Matt
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