Re: [SLUG] Mounting a shared folder from one Mint PC on another Mint PC

2011-09-25 Thread John Clarke
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 03:07:56PM +1000, Jon Jermey wrote: The operative word seems to be 'should'. Not only does the driver fail to install, but the installation process crashes the system -- quite an achievement on a Linux box. Ah yes, the broken Samsung installers. I've tried to use

Re: [SLUG] Mounting a shared folder from one Mint PC on another Mint PC

2011-09-23 Thread Jeremy Visser
Thus spake Jon Jermey: I did try and get around that by having VirtualBox start up and load virtualised Windows XP when the server was switched on, but it all got too complicated and we had reliability problems. VirtualBox isn't really designed for headless server operation. Though

Re: [SLUG] Mounting a shared folder from one Mint PC on another Mint PC

2011-09-22 Thread Jeremy Visser
On 22/09/2011, at 1:08 PM, James Linder wrote: 2) Use nautilus to 'connect to remote server' Even fewer keystrokes, in Nautilus hit ^L (or anywhere in GNOME, hit Alt+F2 instead), and type 'ssh://yourserver.local'. GNOME even makes the remote filesystem available to command-line apps via

Re: [SLUG] Mounting a shared folder from one Mint PC on another Mint PC

2011-09-22 Thread Jon Jermey
Thanks for all the responses. I ended up taking Mint off the server and using Windows XP, mainly because there is no Linux driver for one of my printers (a Samsung CLP-325). I did try and get around that by having VirtualBox start up and load virtualised Windows XP when the server was switched

Re: [SLUG] Mounting a shared folder from one Mint PC on another Mint PC

2011-09-22 Thread peter
\Jon == Jon Jermey jonjer...@gmail.com writes: Jon Thanks for all the responses. I ended up taking Mint off the Jon server and using Windows XP, mainly because there is no Linux Jon driver for one of my printers (a Samsung CLP-325). I did try and Jon get around that by having VirtualBox start up

Re: [SLUG] Mounting a shared folder from one Mint PC on another Mint PC

2011-09-22 Thread James Linder
On 23/09/2011, at 10:00 AM, slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: I tend to use sshf for quick and dirty sharing, and nfs/smb (samba) for longer term or higher bandwidth sharing. Although I do agree with Sonia, I find this even easier 1) put your public key on the other box [ ssh-keygen

Re: [SLUG] Mounting a shared folder from one Mint PC on another Mint PC

2011-09-22 Thread Jon Jermey
The operative word seems to be 'should'. Not only does the driver fail to install, but the installation process crashes the system -- quite an achievement on a Linux box. Jon. On 23/09/11 09:12, pe...@chubb.wattle.id.au wrote: There is a driver for that printer on the Samsung site that

Re: [SLUG] Mounting a shared folder from one Mint PC on another Mint PC

2011-09-21 Thread Sonia Hamilton
* Jon Jermey jonjer...@gmail.com [2011-09-21 14:12:21 +1000]: The only help I can find with Google is horrendously complicated. Can anyone provide a simple solution or point me to a straightforward set of instructions? Jon, for simple sharing you could try using ssh sharing instead of smb. 1.

Re: [SLUG] Mounting a shared folder from one Mint PC on another Mint PC

2011-09-21 Thread James Linder
On 22/09/2011, at 10:00 AM, slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: The only help I can find with Google is horrendously complicated. Can anyone provide a simple solution or point me to a straightforward set of instructions? Jon, for simple sharing you could try using ssh sharing instead of smb.

Re: [SLUG] Mounting a shared folder from one Mint PC on another Mint PC

2011-09-21 Thread Sonia Hamilton
On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:08:54 +0800, James Linder j...@tigger.ws said: I tend to use sshf for quick and dirty sharing, and nfs/smb (samba) for longer term or higher bandwidth sharing. Although I do agree with Sonia, I find this even easier 1) put your public key on the other box [

[SLUG] Mounting a shared folder from one Mint PC on another Mint PC

2011-09-20 Thread Jon Jermey
I recently set up a new CPU with Mint 11 to function as a printer and backup server. It's on the LAN as 10.0.0.31 and I can access it with no difficulties via Remote Desktop and through Nautilus with File/Connect to Server. I would like it to mount some of its directories as devices on my main