I currently have Knoppix (which is like a linux Demo, it auto-detects hardware and you don't have to make a partition, but you can't really save to the hard drive) but i'm planning on getting a copy of mandrake soon, and i want to know how to connect to a network drive. It's at my school and they are these shared drives, in windows they come up as L:, G:, Etc. i'm new to linux and i want to know if:
a.) is there a simple way to connect to them
b.)is there a set of commands i can run, without having to save on the hard drive.


i have a 64 MB USB flash drive and can carry a small amount of software with me, but i'd like to be able to go to any computer on campus and be able to boot it up and get to the G: or L: drive for demonstration purposes

start reading up on samba
also if you wanted a gui app like network neighborhood you will install something like :
LinNeighborhood or xSMBrowser
even searching this site with the keyword "samba" you will find many many results as this is asked quite frequently, well samba related questions that is

Looks good but i'm running Knoppix which is Debian-based and i only have 64MB that i can use for software, i enventually plan to settle onto one machine but for now i like to have a copy with me that i can boot up on any computer