Xp read a fat32 parition ran by Linux

[HighLife]

Hey all...im a newb to Linux and playing around. I have the current setup

 

Machine #1 - Main machine running XP in NTFS

 

Machine #2 Secondary machine running XP/Mandrake 9.2 in dual boot. (15GB Partition with XP, 15GB Partition in Fat32, 10GB split into 3 for Linux.

 

My question is, when im running my 2nd machine in Linux, can my Main machine read the mounted Fat32 partition?

 

I setup Samba to allow all users, but when I open my network I dont see the Fat32 partition....

 

Thanks for any help..

Edited December 13, 2003 by HighLife

[fuzzylizard]

If you are running Samba and have properly setup a share then your main machine (#1) should be able to access the FAT32 partition.

 

There are a few things you are going to have to do though:

 

1. Make sure the FAT32 partition is properly mounted under linux

2. make sure that any users that you want to access the share have been entered as both linux and samba users. (Yes, you will need to do this twice)

3. make sure that you have properly setup the share in Samba

4. Make sure that you have encrypted passwords set to yes in the samba config file.

 

Once the above has been done, you should be able to access the share (fat32 partition). The easiest way to do all this is to use SWAT.

 

Anymore questions, just ask.

[HighLife]

With alittle help from a friend I got it working.

 

I did the manual config of the smb.config using gedit. I put the path as \mnts instead of \mnt. So the folder did show up in samba server from my XP machine, but it wouldnt find the find the \mnts cause it doesnt exists =)....

 

Thanks for your help....

Edited December 14, 2003 by HighLife