How do I Mount a Windows HDD thru a network for a Linux machine?

[DeathByDuke]

I am using OpenLinux 2.4 eDesktop version and I need to know how to set up a Hdd thu the network for using

I mainly just want to practice and mess around (old system) It's my first time on any Linux and I'm struggling for a little bit,

for instance, I don't know how to compile and install programs and software...

any help would be much much appreciated..

Thanks


PS It's using KDE 2.0.3 (I don't have broadband and I can't afford to buy MDRK or RH yet)

 

[Sunner]

Well, assuming your kernel has support for smbfs(Never used OpenLinux so I dont know if it has by default), and assuming Samba is installed, you could do:
"mount -t smbfs -o username=YourUserName //x.x.x.x/YourShareName /your/mountpoint"

 

[DeathByDuke]

uhh, don't have samba and don't know about the other one! - so i'm stuck then?

 

[Sunner]

OpenLinux is RPM based IIRC.

You should be able to find Samba packages without too much trouble, in fact they should be included on the CD's, or whereever you installed OL from.
Look for packages named samba-blahblah.rpm on your CD/ftp site/whatever, if you cant find them there, have a look at Samba.org or RPMFind.net.

But are you sure it's not installed, most of the "desktop friendly" distros include it by default, try typing "rpm -aq |grep samba".

 

[n0cmonkey]

Please look through the linux FAQ thread, most of these questions are answered there

 

[DeathByDuke]

thanks for your helpful advice!

I will give it a try once I get out of College tonight!

 

[Bremen]

PS It's using KDE 2.0.3 (I don't have broadband and I can't afford to buy MDRK or RH yet)

heh, I don't have broadband, but it dosn't stop me from mirroring the Slackware-current tree, but then its only about 2GB ;0) Check out cheapbytes.com it sells copies of distros for ~$5