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| Thread ID: 55760 | 2005-03-19 02:01:00 | Set up NFS with Xandros | i-gordon (962) | Press F1 |
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| 335599 | 2005-03-19 04:21:00 | I have a network here with a Xandros 3 box, a dual boot xp Pro/ubuntu box, a dual boot xp Pro/xandros box, a W98se box, a ME box and a W95 box. All the Linux systems are set up with windows networking ( samba) and it does not matter which two systems are on, they can see each other and share files no problems. Nothing special in the setup's, all std, I set up the windows network first, then the linux boxes just found it and worked, out of the box, once I had set the workgroup name during installation. | robinm (7292) | ||
| 335600 | 2005-03-19 04:26:00 | rereading your first post, are you trying nfs to network the two xandros boxes?why bother?, just click on windows network ,they will see each other still, well mine do anyway. | robinm (7292) | ||
| 335601 | 2005-03-19 05:05:00 | Robin, Everything works except Xandros to Xandros Are you using DHCP or fixed address. Ian |
i-gordon (962) | ||
| 335602 | 2005-03-19 05:39:00 | I am using DHCP , my DHCP server is a DSE xh1169 router | robinm (7292) | ||
| 335603 | 2005-03-19 05:52:00 | Robin, Sometime in the next few days I'll change my settings to see if it makes a difference. Thanks for the input. Ian |
i-gordon (962) | ||
| 335604 | 2005-03-19 15:24:00 | Again, I would suggest Samba... Basically linux doesnt care if its a Windows samba server or a linux one.... Call me crazy, but I just love samba :) Does printers, files..... Need clarification? Just ask :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 335605 | 2005-03-19 22:48:00 | Im with Chill on this on Samba is the way to go and its EASY to set up on a Xandros machine. Alot like windows, Xandros is meant to be windows like but also gives you the ability to get down and dirty with bash if you wish. | beama (111) | ||
| 335606 | 2005-03-20 03:43:00 | DHCP will certainly cause problems if you use numeric IP addresses to identify the machines. ;) I find it's easier to give them permanent IP addresses, and refer to them by name. It's handy to give them aliases in the hosts file : "192.168.0.2 myserver.my.home.network myserver mys" would let you refer to that machine as "myserver" or "mys" as well as the "fully qualified domain name" or the numeric IP address). Of course you need to have the entries for all the machines on your network included in the hosts file on all of them. This isn't a major thing as long as you don't have too many machines. The hosts and exports files are not, e.g., "etc/hosts" ; they are /etc/hosts and /etc/exports. The system's "etc" tree which contains nearly all the configuration type files of the system is based on "/" , the file system root. (Some applications have their own etc directory). NFS always works quite nicely for me. Samba does a lot more ... which can be a problem, with lots of things to configure. NFS has got a few options which can be set in the exports file on the server, and a few mlore which can be set in the /etc/fstab entry on the clients. man nfs will help. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 335607 | 2005-03-20 04:28:00 | I find NFS great in certain circumstances, but most of the time I just use Samba.... | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 335608 | 2005-03-22 08:37:00 | Just an update on the problem for those interested. NFS is working perfectly as I had it set up in the first place, the problem was the Xandros Firewall on both comps. I never thought to try it without the firewall because it has a check box for NFS in the Firewall Wizard so I assumed it was OK. I tried sharing with Windows Networking (Samba) It's OK (Xandros to Windows) or (Windows to Xandros) but transfering files Xandros to Xandros2 was like watching grass grow. NFS is a bit slow to connect but once connected it is as quick as Windows to Windows. Is there some other service in the Firewall Wizard that should be enabled to get this to work with the Firewall on. ? Ian |
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