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Old 09-03-2002, 08:06 PM   #1
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Question Mounting external filesystem


I have 3 linux machines on a network and wish to share
files between them. How do I mount a drive on one of
the other machines?
 
Old 09-03-2002, 08:11 PM   #2
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Since they're all Linux machines, you'll need to read up on NFS. You could share them with Samba, and that way any Windows machines on the network would also be able to access the files, but otherwise, NFS them.
 
Old 09-04-2002, 08:49 AM   #3
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I really didn't want to mess with NFS. I was hoping for a method of mounting the filessystem under a directory. I had done that (with help) previously but forgot how it was done.
 
Old 09-04-2002, 08:56 AM   #4
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I really didn't want to mess with NFS. I was hoping for a method of mounting the filessystem under a directory. I had done that (with help) previously but forgot how it was done.

That was probablly NFS. NFS romote filesystems when mounted are just like local filesystems.

you could have a drectory locally called /shared but the files and directories in it are on another computer.

Personally I think NFS is easier to impliment then a (username/passworded)samba setup.

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Old 09-04-2002, 09:05 AM   #5
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i'm getting quite confused by the amount of people who seem unwilling to learn basic protocols to achieve what you want. in this case, you want NFS 10000000% definitely.
 
Old 09-04-2002, 11:24 AM   #6
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I dont think you are confused, I would say a little mad at hundreds of posts dealing with exactly the same issues, over and over again.

Keep your chinup acid, people are just trying to learn about something new to them and they dont know the correct questions to ask.
 
Old 09-04-2002, 02:18 PM   #7
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Excuse me -- I guess I will be going elsewhere for my DUMB questions from now on.
 
Old 09-04-2002, 02:22 PM   #8
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it's not a dumb question, you just need to take the advice you are given, as it's correct.
 
Old 09-04-2002, 02:26 PM   #9
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Noonne said it was a dumb question, its just that most people dont use the search feature of the site, which works pretty well as long as you know what to feed it.

Crvoss: NFS is what your after, and its not hard to set up. Do a search on www.google.com/linux or use the search feature of this site. There have been many posts here about the type of setup you are trying to do.
 
Old 09-04-2002, 05:42 PM   #10
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NFS is not particularly hard, really. You say that you had a system running (with a little help) that only required that you mount the remote filesystem... sounds like NFS. The hardest part of doing NFS is setting up the NFS server, and that isn't reallt that hard. The HOWTO on NFS is really quite comprehensive... certainly I found it to be immensly useful. The link is at the bottom of this post. Oh, and don't get angry by what Chris says... he has his own, erm, unique style. You'll get used to it soon enough. He's actually a nice guy

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO/index.html
 
Old 09-04-2002, 11:40 PM   #11
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Perhaps, what you want to know is how to not have to issue a mount command while working.

Using NFS, have your default remote filesystems specified in
/etc/fstab.
 
  


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