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All I want to do is transfer some files …
As if I didn't have enough networking issues [1], I spent a few hours today
trying to get the Windows box to mount the drive in my Linux system. It used
to work but suddenly one day it stopped (that was on August 19^th—I haven't
bothered to look at the problem until today). I have the latest version of
Samba [2] but it seems to want a domain server to validate the password but
it's the domain server. I dont' know enough about the Windows networking
model (or file sharing model) to trouble shoot this.
And on a similar note, I'm also having problems with NFS (Network File
System), although it's limited to problems between Linux 2.0 and Linux 2.4.
While I can mount and even transfer files between the two systems, it pauses
and we're not talking about a second or two—we're talking on the order of
minutes here were nothing seems to happen then bam! the data comes through at
once. I've tried various options when mounting, but the problem never seems
to clear up. But there is no problem with NFS between my two Linux 2.0
systems, so it might be some compatibility problem between the two.
Sigh.
[1]
gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2003/11/21.1
[2]
http://www.samba.org/
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