I like Marcel's idea, but it does not answer the original question. The answer is to install Samba 2.06 on your system. I don't recall if the kernel supplied with SuSE 6.0 supports the SMB file system. With the 2.2.13 kernel (SuSE 6.3 ) you can easily mount the FAT32 share exported from your Windows98 system. However, I personally think that Marcel's approach is better. The Linux ext2 file system is a better file system that does not require periodic defragmenting. You can export the file system to Windows98. One other advantage of exporting from Linux is that you have a bit more security than you do under Windows. On 31 Mar 2000, at 23:19, Marcel Broekman wrote:
You could do two things: 1.Make your Linux server a Samba server and transfer your files onto to it 2.Install the harddrive of your Windows machine physically in your Linux machine and mount the FAT32 partitions and optionally transfer the files to the Linux-partitions.
The first option ofcourse makes most sense because you say you're going to use you Linux server as a fileserver, for (my guess) Windows workstations. I really don't mean to rude or impolite but there is to much to explain about Samba if you haven't read the Samba howtos & faqs. You can start your exploration of Samba here: http://de.samba.org/samba/samba.html If you're interested in a manual I can send you the O'Reilly book on Samba in a pdf-file. If you got any more questions, please feel free to ask this list.
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