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Originally posted by dick_onion53
[B]Check out Xandros, it is easy to network with windows and even reads you local windows drives (ntfs or fat32)./B]
Turbolinux does the same thing. It's based in Japan and isn't nearly as popular over here (in the U.S.), but it is very user-friendly and works well with Windows.
Thanks guys. I've failed miserably to consistently network either Mandrake or Fedora to my windows machines (actually, that should be the other way round). I will start downloading more iso's.
I still have a copy of SuSe 9.1. Might give that a go.
I must have tried every permutation of Vannilla, SP1, SP2, Firewall on/off and avariety of users and accounts on both machines. By now, I've also tried Suse 9.1. Same problem.
IMHO, easiest to setup is Ubuntu, the most comprehensive is Debian.
But, as you already have set up Mandrake, why don't you give that a try?
Get smbfs on your box to import Win shares, and samba to export your shares. Read the man pages. Read the Samba HOWTO. My Debian boxes are much faster than my Windows cans in providing share access! The gain is IMHO that samba does not have the WINS name resolution overhead - I never understood what WINS is meant for.
Three weeks, about ten installs, four versions and I've gone back to the one that works. Windows XP! Sad, but true. Took 35 minutes to install and about 30s to network. I'm sure I'll have a play with Linux in the future. But, until Linux can be networked by someone with almost 20 years amateur experience, it's dead in the water. What a f@cking pity.
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Read the man pages. Read the Samba HOWTO. My Debian boxes are much faster than my Windows cans in providing share access! The gain is IMHO that samba does not have the WINS name resolution overhead - I never understood what WINS is meant for.
