PANIC: Can't read a drive, network does not work!


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Hi, I Installed Mandrake Linux 10 on my PC with Windows 98 installed on it already, i installed it, now in Linux my Network only works 1 way as i can only read my XP PC, also i can now not read my second hard drive from windows which had some important data on, but the data is still present on linux, any1 help!!!

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If what you are saying is that you can read Windows shares, and Windows cannot read anything on your Linux box, this is a pretty typical default.

You are reading the shares using samba (which talks Microsof SMB protocol). To use samba to connect is simple and not a significant security risk.

To EXPORT your folders using samba server, you will need to have the samba service running on your Linux box. This is a bigger security risk than no ability to share folders, so it is typically turned off/disabled/not intstalled.

Make sure samba server is installed through the Mandrake package manager, and configure and start it. Then Windows PCs will be able to access your Linux folders.

Mark

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ok, i should be able to do the sambe thing, the drive was formated to windows to start off with and did install or format it in installation, so y can't i read it!

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Ok, please be a bit more clear...

You have a home network with one (or more) Windows PCs, and one Linux PC?

And your Linux PC can see your Windows shares?

And your Windows PC cannot see an export you did with samba server?

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