Fedora Core 2 and Windows XP Network HOWTO?
 

I have a desktop computer and a notebook computer running on Windows XP, connected via a Linksys Cable/DSL router.

On my laptop, I just installed Fedora Core 2 and now I have no idea how I can access the hard drive of the desktop (something I do when I am running Windows XP).

Can someone point me to the right direction? Perhaps a HOWTO connect a Fedora box to Windows XP and vice versa?

Thanks a lot.

not sure but try this:

mount -t smbfs [winxpname]:/drive/to/mount /local/mount/folder

dont know if you need to specify a user name and password

i just remembered a nice program ive used linneighborhood it worked well for me.

--larry

Perhaps a more detailed instructions, such as:

What should I do first on the Windows XP box? Then, using the Fedora box, what should I do next?

Thanks.

The suggestion on the command is correct, you have to do nothing on windows except explore neighborhood to view other machines...


When all else fails read the documentation .. in this case in a terminal window (shell in unix parlance)

type

man samba or man smb (to see samba manual page)
man mount (to see mount man page)

make sure smb server is running

how do i run the samba server? i am very confused now. thanks.

also, i tried to run the command suggested above in the terminal... this is what it says:

could not resolve mount point /local/mount/folder

do this (as root):

/drive/to/mount is the folder you want to mount from windows
[winxpname] is the name of the windows box

if you still have trouble try this

You can search and browse shared windows folder with Nautilus (in gnome 2.6). There is also a nice app just for browsing the network called Linneighborhood. Both worth taking a look at. Also, konqueror is supposed to be able to browse and find shared folders, but I haven't been able to get it to probe the network and see what's available.

ok. do i substitute windows name for the name of the workgroup? In Windows, the workgroup name is LUCROSUS.
The name of the shared folder is called DATA.

actually, i think DATA refers to the entire drive F in my windows xp box.

now it says smb connection failed. what gives?