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xyle_one:
thanks for the help void main. the windows volume is on the same computer, on a seperate drive. i am dual booting windows 2000 and redhat8. (i got rid of suse for redhat8). i was able to see my windows machine from redhat7 on my other computer, but i cant for the life of me get to the "drawing" drive from redhat8. i will use the "smbmount' method, as i would like to 'map' the drive to the desktop. i did install the samba packages, so it should work. i also find it fun (in a sick, sick way) to use the command line ;)
thanks again.
i will try this later, as i am stuck at work. though, i did convert a windows guy to linux here. he installed mandrake 9 here at work, and we have been messing with it all day. ah, the joy of the bosses being on vacation.
ecsyle-one
voidmain:
Shit, now you tell me. The "smbmount" and *all* of the instructions I gave you were for a network attached Windows machine, not a local drive. All you have to do is create an entry in your /etc/fstab for a FAT32 partition that might look something like this:
--- Code: ---
--- End code ---
Change the "/dev/hda1" to whatever partition it is on (do a "# fdisk -l" for a list of partitions). And change the "/c" to wherever you want to mount it (make sure the directory exists before trying to mount it). Then to mount the drive type "# mount /c".
xyle_one:
sorry about that void main. but, dont worry, the info still came in very handy. i have a friend who could use the info you provided. i can too as a matter of fact. thanks again, ill let you know if it worked soon.
ecsyle_one
slave:
Initial thoughts on using RH8
It's still not a "windows killer" (like some doofus in OSnews claimed it would be) but for non-morons it is quite easy to use. I have bashed Linux in the past frequently, but usually it was about its sorry desktop offering. (that and I love stirring up shit) Distributions like Mandrake 8 and Suse were very buggy and Red Hat 7.0 crashed all over me. GNOME was ugly but fast, and KDE was pretty but slow. GNOME 2 seems both pretty and fast (although not as functional as I'd sometimes like; maybe gnome will be as usable as windows by version 2.2) Mozilla isn't disgusting and buggy anymore like it was during the 0.9.x periods. Evolution is just like Outlook and doesn't crash like it used to. Basically they have cloned much of the windows desktop, which I don't necessarily see as a bad thing. I mean, Windows copied the Mac interface, and look where Microsoft is today. :rolleyes: I still need windows for many things, like playing games, flash, dreamweaver, photoshop (although GIMP is not bad) etc. But now I can use Linux to surf the web and check email, and not have to worry about getting infected with trojans and worms. (Which also means I can uninstall my virus scanner for Windows) Zombie898798, try this. It's not like the old Linux. It's actually usable for a change. You can dual-boot so there's no risk. So anyway, I'll still point out shit I don't like about Linux , but for once open source doesn't suck for the end user. I really think this is a good thing because it will give Microsoft some incentive to make even better products than it already does.
voidmain:
I hate to do this but for once I actually agree with everything XP User just said. I would say that is a very fair assessment. I too think RedHat's version of Gnome is not nearly as configurable (bells and whistles) as KDE. It is however, *almost* clean as a whistle, not confusing, give you just what you need to get by, perfect for the new user (and I'm actually starting to like it). There are a few things missing, but there is *vastly* more there than in previous versions for GUI oriented people.
I think for the typical grandpa internet/email/solitaire home user it can be a Windows killer. It's certainly a functional alternative for Email and Web browsing. But it's certainly not going to be an immediate replacement for those entrenched in Windows. Unreal Tournament 2003, Quake 3, etc also show that it is more than capable of being a good game platform. Question is, how soon if ever will game companies port their games?
Obviously those who already bought Windows machines without doing any research and have all of that proprietary equipment (winmodems, USB printers/scanners) will likely not switch but I think with this release I have hope that at least Linux can start to show up as a blip on the radar which means more software vendors will see it as a viable alternative and have more incentive to port software. It's definitely a step in the right direction.
And good objective post XP User.
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