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| Thread ID: 39024 | 2003-10-25 03:42:00 | Connecting to Win XP from Linux | Mike (15) | Press F1 |
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| 186433 | 2003-10-25 03:42:00 | I'm a complete Linux newbie :D I've had a few plays with it before, but usually have gotten frustrated and ended up deleting it off my computer ;) But now I've got it on my other machine so I can have Windows running on this one at the same time and can spend a bit of time trying to learn it. So anyway, I installed Linux this morning (Red Hat 9) and have managed to get it working enough so that I can browse the drive over the network from this machine (Win XP Pro). However I wouldn't have a clue how to browse my XP drives from Linux. So if anybody can help, I'd appreciate it - especially if you can spell it out in simple english so I can understand it :) This is harder than it was switching from DOS to Windows :p Cheers. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 186434 | 2003-10-25 05:07:00 | Snap. I've just spent 1/2 the night & all today figuring it out with the help of JenC, kame & Chilling (thanks to all) I was about to install LinNeighborhood a GUI replica of Network Neighbourhood for linux but during my mucking around I found "Network Servers" in the Gnome start list, clicked on it & Found my XP Pro machine there along with all my other machines & thru them I have access to all of them. Dunno how I did it but I'm not arguing, have a look & you might find the same. Good Luck |
45South (4769) | ||
| 186435 | 2003-10-25 05:09:00 | Yeah I just read your thread... I'm not using Gnome though, i'm using KDE, if that makes any difference... I can't find anything in there :) Maybe I'll install Gnome. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 186436 | 2003-10-25 05:19:00 | In gnome open a filemanager window (nautilus) and enter "smb://" in the location bar. They could really use a more obvious way to access it. |
bmason (508) | ||
| 186437 | 2003-10-25 05:20:00 | In KDE open a konqueror windows, select the services icon (star thing) on the left and pick "LAN browser". | bmason (508) | ||
| 186438 | 2003-10-25 05:35:00 | Can't find it in KDE either, so I fired up konqueror & typed *smb:///* (without the asteriks) & hey presto there they are. also works with just *smb:/* |
45South (4769) | ||
| 186439 | 2003-10-25 05:38:00 | ooops beaten to it, hope it works for you | 45South (4769) | ||
| 186440 | 2003-10-25 05:48:00 | > In KDE open a konqueror windows, select the services > icon (star thing) on the left and pick "LAN browser". When I click on "LAN browser" I get a message saying something like "The Lisa daemon does not appear to be running. In order to use the LAN browser the lisa daemon must be installed and activated by the system administrator." I found a Services area that tells me the lisa daemon is already started. ?:| Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 186441 | 2003-10-25 05:53:00 | If I type in "SMB:/" I get an authorisation window, asking for a username and password. No username or password combination gets me past that window... Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 186442 | 2003-10-27 02:10:00 | It may need setting up. You can configure lisa in the kde control center, under network, lan browsing. Hitting the "suggest settings" button works for me. |
bmason (508) | ||
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