can we mount a linux partiton onto solaris ? and copy fiels like windows to linux ??

If you mean across the network, the easiest solution is either NFS or SAMBA.

http://www.kempston.net/solaris/samba.html

If you want a little help with Samba on Solaris.

As for direct mounting it (same computer, not across a network), here's something I dug up using google.
(This is presuming you have support for the pcfs.)


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mkdir /Windows

mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c0d0p0:c /Windows

or you can make this mount automatically during boot by adding a line to the /etc/vfstab :

/dev/dsk/c0d0p0:c - /Windows pcfs - yes -

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A few other tips:


run a

[i]man mount_pcfs [i]

for more information.

You might also check out these sites for more information.

http://mtools.linux.lu/

and

http://www.sun.drydog.com/faq/


Oh, and presuming you have proper support for ext2, you can do a normal


mount -t ext2 /device/partition /mount/path




Changing the /device/partition and /mount/path where appropriate.

how about if u want to mount a linux drive on the network ,for example :
I have 2 computer : (they can ping each other)
computer A = dual boot win98se & mandrake, say 192.168.0.1
computer B = Mandrake , say 192.168.0.5

I use mount command to access files/directories in computer A as follow :
Computer A I do :
vi /etc/exports
/mnt/networkout 192.168.0.5(rw)
ps aux | grep rpc.nfsd
say the job number is 1103
ps aux | grep rpc.mountd
say the job number is 1105
kill 1103 1105; /usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd ; /usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd

Computer B I do :

mount 192.168.0.1:/mnt/networkout /mnt/networkin

And here comes the problem ::
I can see the files in /mnt/networkin but when I try to copy or rpm directly in that directory it just looks like that it hangs (only the xterm hangs)

cp -iv /mnt/networkin/java.rpm.bin $HOME
*** ---> *** can't remember but after this it just hangs ... well the cursor still flash but it sits there for like 5 mins but still not finish with it.

I am just wondering if I have to config the NIC for the speed specification or is there a Network monitoring tools that I can use to see if it really is doing something

ps. I had tried to cp a "small" txt tile but it still hand so I don't think that it's because the copy file is too big so it too longer
Any idea ? greatly appreciated


ps . I get this error message while I am trying to shutdown the computer , probably because I close the xterm not the copy process :
umount nfs file system : cannot mpount prog RPC : RPC : port mapper failure - RPC unable to receive

what am I missing .... what file am I suppose to modify to make the port accessable ....
if u can see the file doesn;'t mena that u can manipulate the file ?

You want to study the difference between a local file system and a network file system. A local file system is like Ext2, Ext3, Fat32, NTFS, et cetera. A network file system would be more like SMB (Samba), NFS, et cetera. As long as it can get on a network and run Samba or NFS, it doesn't matter at all what the local file system is. By default, Windows only supports SMB (Samba). (I'm trying to keep it simple. There is also CIFS, but that's not important right now.). If you have Samba set up on your linux box, and not NFS, which is what you're describing, then you'll be able to mount the windows and linux shares back and forth.

You seem to have a good head for this, but if you can't find a way to configure Samba, let me know, and I'll see what I can do to help.