On Sunday 01 May 2005 12:50, JR wrote: > On Sunday 01 May 2005 12:07 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > > On Sunday 01 May 2005 11:49, JR wrote: > > > My laptop is pretty low on harddrive space. If I want to install > > > something big (like openoffice or a large game), I usually have to > > > uninstall something else, or delete some music. > > > > > > I'm wondering is there a minimal way that I could connect a harddrive > > > to the network here at home, and use it as another partitiion? Or even > > > just as a network drive. Maybe I could put all my mp3's on it. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Jarlath > > > > Yes you certainly can. You could use a network drive, or one attached by > > USB. Just plugging in a USB drive will cause it to be mounted (as > > /mnt/removable I think) > > > > Another alternative, is if you have other computers in the house you can > > mount one of their drives. For example if there is a Windows computer in > > the house just define one of it folders as 'shared' and then use Samba to > > mount it on your Linux computer. > > > > If you go to Mandrake Control Centre>MountPoints>Samba you can pick the > > Windows shares to mount and choose a mount point. Your system will then > > automatically mount those shares whenever it boots. > > > > If you have other linux computers in the house you can share their > > partitions using NFS. I have one computer I use as my MythTV frontend > > which has no hard drive at all and mounts all its partitions over the > > network with NFS. > > > > derek > > Thanks for that Derek, > > Nice options. The network drive idea sounds great. There is another > computer in the house but it's not on very often. > > Am I right in thinking that the network drive can be attached to the hub in > the house and then accessed from any of the computers? This would be ideal, > as I could just put it under the stairs with the router and forget about > it. > > Jarlath
You chose the only option I do not have personal experience of :-) Check out Network drives from www.ximeta.com They certainly work with Linux. They have a HOWTO for RedHat here http://www.ximeta.com/support/guides/netdisk/ndas/linux/05.php I assume you can use it with Mandrake as well. You might also like to check out the Freecom product. (I think it may be a rebadged Ximeta) http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=7196487945&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=87150 Both of these items connect via USB or Ethernet. I emphasise I have not used either product so make sure whatever you get it is Linux compatible. -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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