Re: Windows Shares

[Scott Mertens <smertens mho com>]

On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 10:07, Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> 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:

I don't think XP can format in ext2,  would need to share first, or get
a 3rd party software to format if that way.  However is Samba is what I
nned I will look into it

Thanks
> 
> 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,