Re: Windows Shares

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 09:32:23AM -0600, Scott Mertens wrote:
> What do I need to do to set up a windows share to back my laptop up to. 
> I currently am printing to a printer spooled on a the same windows XP
> box, that I would like to back my laptop up to.
> 
> The windows has a spare 10 GIG drive, that I can re-format to FAT32,
> then what do I need to do to connect to it?  Using RH9!

I would format it as another ext2/3 filesystem, then share it using
Samba.  Read The Fine Manual, chapter 17, for more details:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/

> After I get that figured I will post a note about backup stratagy, what
> directory should be backed up, kernel home etc.

http://www.rhil.net/docs/faq.html#backups

> I have two other
> laptops in the house,bth windows boxes the wife and kids hit a button
> (runs syncronize it!) and copies the contents of their my Documentrs
> folder to a shared drive.  Hardest thing about that was getting them to
> save everything in the My Documents folder.....
> 
> I might like to set up a cron job that does a similar thing on my RH9
> laptop.
> 
> Thanks

On my Linux workstation, I share out, with Samba, my wife's home
directory which is the F: drive to her XP machine.  She keeps all her
bookkeeping data on there, and I back up /home regularly with a cron
job.

Cheers,
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Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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