Sharing files between Suse8.2 and Windows XP
 

I've recently reinstalled my box: SuSE8.2 on one HDD and XP on another. Untill now I always used Win98.
My problem is that I cannot share files between linux and win. I've created a special FAT32-partition for this prupose and in XP i gave this partition free for other users (may change files). In Linux i try to change the owner and/or group from 'root' to 'myself' and/or 'users', but I get the message 'you do not have sufficient rights'. Also i cannot 'chmod' it to rwxrwxrwx or something like that. I just get no access.:mad: :mad:
Funny thing is that (as 'root') i _can_ create a subdir and change the owner for that subdir. But that subdir never shows up, when i switch to xp again!!:confused:

If i cannot solve this, i'm thinking of throwing the towel, reinstall 98 and forget all about testing my sites in IE6 Testing in IE5.5 will have to do, in that case.:(

Does any1 have a clue what I've done wrong?
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I do not believe you have done anything wrong. You need 2 configure SuSE a little more. I am working on it right now with SuSE 9.0. I accomplished it with Mandrake 9.2. I'll get back to you as soon as I figure it out. I believe you need to first; as a root administrator enable file sharing somewhere in the control center. Second, I am not sure yet.

Thanx for your replies, Witeshark and Sjia!

For your info: I'm not running a network, I just want to be able to mount the XP-HDD and save files onti it, so that (after switching to XP) I can test my Webprogramming in different versions of IE. The other testing (Netscape, Opera, etc.) I do in Linux.

I thought I did that file-sharing thing already, but I'll have another look into it to be sure.

I hope to hear from you soon!:)

Thanx for the help.

BTW: do I really need XP for running IE6 ??? First check shows me I do NOT!!
Any hints?

Yup, I saw that too, that's why I wasn't sure anymore.:p

But after changing the fstab-file, it seems to work and I can keep my xp anyway.

Youpie! Euhh?:confused: