Re: serving a win95 box
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 02:19:58PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 16 Jun, Robert Wilderspin wrote: > > However, I'm not entirely sure if you can run programs directly from > > those drives > Yes, you can run programs from the shares. This is particularily useful for setup programs that install a (Windows) package. Just copy the CD-ROM to the linux box and install over the network. There is one notable exception however: If there are any components in the path and filename to a 16-Bit executable that are not MS-DOS compatible (i.e. with more than 8+3 characters, etc) the executable must be copied to the computer where it will be run, otherwise you get a confusing error message. Nils -- *-* | Quotes from the net: L> Linus Torvalds, W> Winfried Truemper | | L>this is the special easter release of linux, more mundanely called 1.3.84 | | W>Umh, oh. What do you mean by "special easter release"?. Will it quit | * W>working today and rise on easter? * pgptFRrHdaLq1.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: serving a win95 box
On 16 Jun, Robert Wilderspin wrote: > On 16 Jun 98 11:20:14 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Can a linux box be used to serve a Win95 box the same way two Win95 >>boxes can be hooked up together? Eg. -- can linux be set up in such a >>way that an ethernet connected Win95 box can 'see' some of the linux >>drives in its "Network Neighborhood" box, map them with drive >>letters, and run to programs in those directories as if they were on >>the Win95 box itself? > > You can connect a Linux box up and view whichever directories you > choose to allow access to, and map them to drives as you wish, using > the Samba package. > > However, I'm not entirely sure if you can run programs directly from > those drives (ie, without copying them to the Win95 box first). Only > one way to find out! > Yes, you can run programs from the shares. However programs that use the registry or .ini files and were installed on box A(server) under Win95 but are now being served to box B(client) from linux on box A( a dual boot) will probably have problems finding support files,etc. If the programs are freshly installed to a drive on box A from box B then it should not be a problem if you don't change the network drive mappings in the future. This has been my experience at least, as usual YMMV. Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: serving a win95 box
On 16 Jun 98 11:20:14 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Can a linux box be used to serve a Win95 box the same way two Win95 >boxes can be hooked up together? Eg. -- can linux be set up in such a >way that an ethernet connected Win95 box can 'see' some of the linux >drives in its "Network Neighborhood" box, map them with drive >letters, and run to programs in those directories as if they were on >the Win95 box itself? You can connect a Linux box up and view whichever directories you choose to allow access to, and map them to drives as you wish, using the Samba package. However, I'm not entirely sure if you can run programs directly from those drives (ie, without copying them to the Win95 box first). Only one way to find out! > I'm setting up a second system for the family but have quite a bit >of 'extra' HD space on my own box. Would like to use some of my >space to store programs for the second box. Storage is fine, but like I said, you *might* not be able to actually run them whilst on the Linux drives. Anyone want to clarify this? Rob Wilderspin -- "But I need it to crash once every few days - reboots are the only chance I get to sleep..." --= (send replies to rob@) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: serving a win95 box
Hello Gerald: There is a package called samba. It is from what I understand equivalent to NT. You can share printers, CDROMs, directories etc. Peter -Original Message- From: Gerald V. Livingston lI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 6:20 AM Subject: serving a win95 box Can a linux box be used to serve a Win95 box the same way two Win95 boxes can be hooked up together? Eg. -- can linux be set up in such a way that an ethernet connected Win95 box can 'see' some of the linux drives in its "Network Neighborhood" box, map them with drive letters, and run to programs in those directories as if they were on the Win95 box itself? I'm setting up a second system for the family but have quite a bit of 'extra' HD space on my own box. Would like to use some of my space to store programs for the second box. Gerald V. Livingston II '69 Bug -- AirBall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
serving a win95 box
Can a linux box be used to serve a Win95 box the same way two Win95 boxes can be hooked up together? Eg. -- can linux be set up in such a way that an ethernet connected Win95 box can 'see' some of the linux drives in its "Network Neighborhood" box, map them with drive letters, and run to programs in those directories as if they were on the Win95 box itself? I'm setting up a second system for the family but have quite a bit of 'extra' HD space on my own box. Would like to use some of my space to store programs for the second box. Gerald V. Livingston II '69 Bug -- AirBall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
