🚀 go-pugleaf

Anthony Green wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> 
>         Just a question with Linux and Win 95 machine on a network...
> 
> I have a Linux box and also a W95 box connected with 2 ether cards & cable
> etc and i want to access the files on the Windows 95 machine while I am in
> Linux and also access the Linux machines hard drive while i am in W95 (dunno
> if this can be done .. the W95 -> linux one).
> 
>         I have heard of people using things like samba and other things etc,
> but i would just like some input into what is best for this situation, and what
> is required on both sides...
> 
>         My main objectives is to just read the disk partitions on both
> machines, ie. mount the W95's drives from my linux box if possible? .. or
> just setup a network and use ftp if it cant be done by mounting or an
> equivelent..
> 
> thanks..
> In anticipation.
> 

depends how easy you want your file access to be:
run a samba server on linux and then win95 can just map the dir's directly
into its filesystem

run a samba client on linux (and setup win95 sufficiently) and mount the
win95 drives straight onto the linux filesystem

or - the easy, but not so nice way -- just stick with ftp -- you will have
to try and get win95 to run an ftp server tho...


(i mount my home directory at uni with samba -- works fine, although the SMB
protocol (being windoze) doesn't support unix file security, so the files
all come out to have the same permissions)


 - Gus