mairving — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 20:28:07 +0000

Nikeguy,

If these machines are on a local network, you don't need ftp. What you need to do is setup up a samba share. With the Samba share, you can share files and map this share as a network drive to share files.

Go here and download the latest version or you can use version that comes with your distro. Do download the documentation on it though.

You should have a file called /etc/smb.conf. This is your main config file for samba.

Edit this file so that it contains the following entries:

[global]
# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name, eg: LINUX2
workgroup = name of your workgroup (should be the same as your windows machine)

hosts allow = IP address of Windows machine

# You may wish to use password encryption. Please read
# ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation.
# Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents
encrypt passwords = yes
Share definitions
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writable = yes

[the computer name of the windows machine]
comment = Shared Files
path = /home/computer name of machine(make sure that this share exists in Linux and the user is the same.
browseable = yes
writable = yes
valid users = a valid user setup on the Linux system

Once you have edited and saved this file, start the server daemons like this:
smbd -D
nmbd -D

You can test it like this testparm

You should now be able to see this share in the Network Neighborhood of your windows machine. Click on that share and give it the user name & password that you setup on your Linux system. You can then map this share to a drive letter, so that it will appear as a local drive by right-clicking network neighborhood on the windows sytem.

If you have problems, first check in the log files. They are usually called /var/logs/log.smb log.nmb or /var/logs/samba/log.nmb log.nmb.. The logs are usually good for figuring out problems.

If you can see the share from windows but can't access it make sure that the use encrypted passwords is checked in smb.conf. Also any time you edit smb.conf, you have to get Linux to reread the file. The easiest way is to give it a signal hangup like so smbd SIGHUP.

Post back if you are having any problems.

If you would go ahead and start a new thread.

nike_guy_man — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 14:56:22 +0000

Well I just reinstalled linux, and went to expertcity
A guy there spent over 2 hours helping me set it up, and now it works great
Thanks for trying to help anyway
NOw I just have one more question:
How do I set up an FTP server on this computer(windows ME) so I can transfer my webserver files to the linux?
I have managed to connect, but I can't log in because I don't know what my login name/password is.
Thank you

Mark Hensler — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 06:14:11 +0000

I took the machine to my cousin's and we played with it for a while, then he took his Red Hat 6.0 and we put that on the machine. That when in very easy with his boot disk. I guess the Slackware bootdisk I made didn't have the right CDROM drivers (base.i).

Now I have a linux box to play with.... yeah! Thanks for the help!

nike_guy_man — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 00:30:22 +0000

Nope that didn't help but that will help in the future.
It runs the BIOS, and it says "OS load in progress"
then it says "LI_" and then it starts to beep and click... wierd

mairving — Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:12:46 +0000

Is there anything on the screen when it beeps? Like an error message.
At what stage does it beep? after the BIOS has loaded or before?

Here is a link that may help.

nike_guy_man — Fri, 30 Mar 2001 22:33:20 +0000

Hi
I downloaded and burned Slakware 7.1, but every time i create and run a boot disk the computer beeps repeatedly and gets stuck
What do i do?
Thanks
I did rawrite bare.i to drive a:\
Whats wrong?

mairving — Fri, 30 Mar 2001 20:19:07 +0000

You have two options for accessing the CD-ROM. If you use the boot disk, it will boot off of the floppy and ask where you want to install form and then start the install for Slackware for you. If you are able to boot off of the CD, then it will start the install for you.

Mark Hensler — Fri, 30 Mar 2001 19:34:15 +0000

I read that in the docs, I'll try to find out about the CDROM.
But how do I access the CDROM from the Boot> prompt?

mairving — Fri, 30 Mar 2001 12:51:46 +0000

Mark, you have a couple of options.

(1.) You could try to find a newer BIOS for your system. One that supports booting off of the CD. That is what I would try first. The main problem would be trying to find it on Compaq's website.
(2.) Find out the model of your CD-ROM. You can usually see this upon booting. You will need to make a bootdisk like this:
C:\>RAWRITE [image file name] A:

Here are your choices:

IDE bootdisks (.i suffix)

aztech.i Support for the Aztech CDA268-01A, Orchid CD-3110, Okano/Wearnes CDD110, Conrad TXC, CyCDROM CD520, and the CD540 CD-ROM drives.
cdu31a.i Sony CDU31/33a CD-ROM support.
cdu535.i Sony CDU531/535 CD-ROM support.
cm206.i Support for the Philips/LMS cm206 CD-ROM with the cm260 adapter card.
goldstar.i GoldStar R420 CD-ROM (also called the "Reveal Multimedia Kit").
isp16.i ISP16/MAD16/Mozart CD-ROM drive support.
mcd.i NON-IDE Mitsumi CD-ROM support.
mcdx.i Improved NON-IDE Mitsumi CD-ROM support.
sanyo.i Sanyo CDR-H94A CD-ROM support.
sbpcd.i Matsushita, Kotobuki, Panasonic, Creative Labs, Longshine, and Teac NON-IDE CD-ROM support.

Mark Hensler — Fri, 30 Mar 2001 06:48:50 +0000

I've run into a wall, and can't seem to find my way around it.

I found out after about an hour of pounding on the keyboard, that my machine does not support booting to the CDROM.

I decided on using Slackware, and have already downloaded it (E-Smith is D/Led too), and burned a copy on a CD (not for E-Smith yet). I've read through some of the Docs on installing and the boot prompt, and making boot disks and root disks. I made the boot disk with base.i and the root disk with color.gz (Is that right? does it need extracted first)

I don't know where I'm going... I've booted the machine off the boot disk, and I get LILO with the Boot prompt, but I can't progress any further. I don't know how to get to my CDROM to install Slackeware Linux.

My machine is a Compaq Presario currently running Win98, if that makes a difference (possible proprietary hardware). I don't want duel boot, just a plain linux box.

Any notes you have, or other resources would be greatly appreciated! (especially walk thorughs! )