Migrating the files shouldn't be that bad. Go to the Win box and ZIP
everything into one huge file, then FTP it across to the Linux box (make
sure you have an FTP server running on Linux, Windoze generally has an
FTP client, so initiate the transfer from Win). Then put the ZIP file
where you want the root of the DOS file tree and UNZIP it.
Jim Hartley
Allen wrote:
On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 23:23 -0400, Sean Dague wrote:
Allen wrote:
According to the NFS HOWTO "It is not possible to export both a
directory and its child (for example both /usr and /usr/local). You
should export the parent directory with the necessary permissions, and
all of its subdirectories can then be mounted with those same
permissions" so if I put /mnt/windows in /etc/exports I should not also
have /mnt there.
That assumes they are in the same filesystem. Put /mnt back in there
and try to mount /mnt/windows. You should see "access denied by server
while mounting" as an error.
nfs is a very low level protocol for mapping unix like filesystems, and
only works partially with fat - http://nfs.sourceforge.net/#faq_c6.
Honestly, if you goal is to network attach to your windows partition,
I'd look into samba instead.
-Sean
Per your recommendation, /etc/exports now has /mnt and /mnt/windows. I
tried mounting /mnt/windows on the client. The mount command completed
without error message and /proc/mounts indicates that /mnt/windows is
mounted. GNOME -> Places -> Computer -> Filesystem -> Mnt -> NFS hangs
without displaying anything. FWIW /proc/mounts indicates vers=3. (NFS
Version 3). My NFS server has capability for NFS Vers 2,3 and 4. I
wonder if there would be a better chance of success if the client was
running NFS Version 4.
The level of NFS support for FAT as detailed in the NFS FAQ is adequate
for my needs. I just want to make a copy of my FAT partition.
My FAT partition has tens of thousands of files accumulated over a
decade. In 2006, I abandoned Windows ME and switched to Linux. My main
PC (multiboot) now includes Windows XP, but I rarely run it. So I
believe Samba isn't a desirable approach. (Also, I already have Linux
learning overload). Perhaps I should migrate my FAT partition into an
ext3 partition on the main PC (I believe this would be a huge effort).
But if at all possible, I'd like to get this NFS sharing of my FAT
partition to function.
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