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Thread ID: 18744 2002-05-01 08:24:00 Viewing Windows Networked folders using linux. Guest (0) Press F1
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46639 2002-05-01 08:24:00 Ie just installed Mandrake linux 8.2 on my pc and am trying to get access to foulders that are networked on a Windows XP machine on the network the network card appears to bet setup properly.

Also how do you check to see if DMA is enabled for harddrives in Linux?

Ta
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46640 2002-05-01 10:27:00 You need to install SAMBA on your Linux PC - see homepages.ihug.co.nz

When installed the Linux PC will appear in the Network neighbourhood and you can use smbmount to mount the Windows remote HDD.
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46641 2002-05-01 10:38:00 Try the hdparm tool (should be in /sbin).

I have not tried this - read the man page carefully before proceeding!!
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46642 2002-05-01 13:18:00 Use 'hdparm /dev/hda' at a terminal to display the current status of your drive.

If its turned off, which is default for many distros, open '/etc/sysconfig/harddisks' in your favourite text editor change the USE_DMA line to 'USE_DMA=1' and reboot.

There are some other settings there that can also improve performance, eg multiIO, readahead.
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