Networking an external HDD

luckypete · 04-04-2008, 01:25 PM

Brand new to Linux and I have installed Ubuntu on my formerly XP'd PC. Actually I just bought a new HD and put Ubuntu on that - I have the old XP HD still. Now I am trying to gain access to an MG-35 media HD through my router which I had done with XP. Basically I had a network with a PC, my iBook and the MG-35. Now that I have installed Ubuntu, the MG-35 doesn't show up and I am reading things about samba, etc. that I know nothing about. If anyone has the patience to walk me thru this it would be greatly appreciated.

thorn168 · 04-04-2008, 03:50 PM

Have tried using Samba to "browse" the network you have?

Here is a link to inform you as to what Samba is and does:

http://us1.samba.org/samba/

luckypete · 04-05-2008, 08:24 AM

I tried to install samba but couldn't get it to do anything useful. A more complicated task there could not have been.

Anyway, here is the network:

modem
|
|
--------/PC
router|
--------\iBook
|
|
MG-35

With the XP setup, the MG-35 and internet was accessible by both the PC and the Mac. NDAS was installed on the PC to facilitate this. With Ubuntu the internet connection worked right away (which amazed me) but I can't see the MG-35.

tredegar · 04-05-2008, 10:58 AM

Can you ping the LAN IP of the MG-35?
What filesystem is it using?

luckypete · 04-05-2008, 01:04 PM

Yes I can ping it (nice one) and the file system is NTFS.

tredegar · 04-05-2008, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Yes I can ping it (nice one) and the file system is NTFS.

Good: If you can ping it, it is on your network, reachable, and functioning. All you have to do now is connect with it.

I do not have a NAS Drive to play with, so I am offering advice blind, but these links may prove useful:

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/connec...tml#samnetdiag

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/access-...linux-or-unix/

http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/...olume+in+Linux.

Please try the above, experiment, and come back here with details of what happened (Good or Bad).

thorn168 · 04-11-2008, 09:27 AM

Have you enabled your Ubuntu system to mount NTFS partitions?

pwc101 · 04-11-2008, 09:50 AM

Assuming you Ubuntu install can read NTFS partitions, did you try smb://your-MG-35-ip-address in the address bar of either Nautilus or Konqueror?

luckypete · 04-13-2008, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thorn168

Have you enabled your Ubuntu system to mount NTFS partitions?

Again, very new at this so no I didn't and not sure how to do it. Any advice?

luckypete · 04-13-2008, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pwc101

Assuming you Ubuntu install can read NTFS partitions, did you try smb://your-MG-35-ip-address in the address bar of either Nautilus or Konqueror?

I tried that first off but I can't connect to it that way. Maybe I need to do the former before I can do the latter...

luckypete · 04-13-2008, 05:45 PM

In fact I have abandoned Ubuntu for the time being because I need that functionality. If I can sort this out I will be happy re-install and use it. Everything else worked tickety boo.