Procedure to share a second hard drive(Linux Mint Ver14. with windows7and 10 Network

apexwf · 01-20-2016, 04:20 PM

Can some one point me to a step by step procedure to share a second hard drive(Linux Mint Ver14. with a windows7and 10 All on Internal Network - I have tried the Right click and Share - Doesn't Work I have been trying through Samba - I have second drive access and Have created a folder on the drive - Thanks

yancek · 01-20-2016, 07:59 PM

First Mint 14, has not been supported since May, 2014 so no new software or security updates. If the second hard drive is on the same computer, that is not a network. You can mount the windows partitions from Mint and access them from Mint. Is this the same computer or two separate compupters.

apexwf · 01-21-2016, 10:48 AM

2 hard drives on Linux Server and 3 other separate computers running Win7 or win10 -Going to use Linux machine for accounting and second drive as backup location for other 3 machines. What should I use since Mint is no longer an option. (I have already got the drive shared on mint machine - No Problem from that machine formatted and mounted) But cant get it shared over network-Have all computers in the same workgroup.

yancek · 01-21-2016, 01:34 PM

Sharing between Linux and windows systems is usually done with Samba. Never used it so no advice.

You could install a currently supported version of Mint. Most any Linux should be able to work with Samba.

apexwf · 01-21-2016, 01:52 PM

Already trying samba no Work

suicidaleggroll · 01-21-2016, 01:55 PM

Samba will work if you configure it correctly. What does your config file look like?

And Mint is an option, provided you're running a currently-supported version. Version 14 is not, but there have been several releases since then that are.