OT: Where to buy computer parts?....how to network...

[Scott Smith]

don't worry about NFS unless you're going to be doign unix-unix sharing. 
Check out samba -> http://www.samba.org/

Scott

Matt G wrote:

>Thanks for all the tips guys.  I was able to drive around and find all the
>stuff I needed.  Actually...the first place I went had a magazine that
>showed all the places you guys mentioned as well as parts/price lists.
>So...it cut down on the driving time a bit.  I ended up winning a bet that
>an old k6-233 still worked, and that it just needed a new ps, some ram, a
>hdd and cd drive.  The hardest thing to find was a Serial Mouse.  I checked
>compusa for a ps2-serial adapter...they wanted $20 for it.  Incredible.    I
>ended up finding a used serial mouse that works great.
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>I was able to get RH9 setup and it seems to be working well.
>http://mdg.homelinux.org/.  So, now my question is:...what about networking?
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>Here is the setup:
>I have a Lynksys router doing nat etc.  It works just fine.  There are only
>2 computers that are in the house.. the server and the desktop.  My wife
>switches back and forth between linux and windows.  And on that desktop,
>there are 2 big fat32 partitions that I've mounted in linux...so I can get
>to my files from either boot.
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>How can I get to those partitions from the server?  I've been reading about
>NFS and Samba.  Will either of those work for both boots?  That is...if I
>ssh to my server from work...will I be able to get to the files on my
>desktop in linux and/or windows?
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>If anyone can point me in the right direction so I can read up, I'd
>appreciate it.
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>Thanks,
>Matt
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