can I mnt a network connection
 

I figured out how to connect to a share on my winXP LAN.

the only problem I have now is I can't figure out how to get to that connection from programs like XMMS which only lists folders and mounted drives.

is there a way to Map a network drive as it where like in windows?

It sounds like you may want to use Samba:

www.samba.org/

an interesting pages with instructions on how to perform a task like this.

http://www.cims.nyu.edu/systems/plat...nux_samba.html

Happy hunting

Lin Neighborhood works too.
It can mount shares anywhere you like.

K....... that helped a little but didn't..... I am a complete newb and am having a confusion with everything thot is going on.

anyone out there that can step by step me?

From linux, mounts (mapping shares) must be done as root unless specified otherwise in /etc/fstab. So, as root, try

# mount -t smbfs -o username=administrator //192.168.1.10/sharename /mnt/share

You'll be prompted for the administrator password.

Of course you need to substitute the correct ip address and sharename for the Windows box. /mnt/share or any other directory you want to mount at must also exist.

Access /mnt/share from xmms like any other directory.

Good Luck!

Mike

thank you that work quite well

To clear some of the cobwebs that confuse Windows users. In Windows you "map" a drive to a drive letter, in Linux you "mount" a drive into your existing filesystem at a point that was either chosen automatically for you (/media/cdrom) or one of your choosing (/home or even /bob/windows_cdrive.)

so now I have another problem.

XMMS is not able to play the files, though realplayer can. Either of these programs does not have a media library, which SUCKS!

any suggestions on a better mp3 player to use?

Many distributions don't include a MP3 player because of licensing and took it out of XMMS. The easiest one to get going is 'mpg321'. WARNING - it is command line, but if you really want to get into the spirit of it you could do some of the jukebox projects that are out there and have a web base jukebox. There are also some how-to's on getting the version of XMMS with MP3 support and there are a few other programs I have used such as a winamp look alike written in java.

Some players have media libraries which SUCKS!

see freshmeat.net for software.

Due to their licensing being incompatable with most of the open source licenses, most distributions do not include codecs. Still, the needed codecs are available on The Internet and you can download them once you find them.

thanks mmaki
 

mmaki..............you are a genius.

Thanks for your advice. Worked like a chum.