rov;242161 Wrote: > my understanding is that if a linux-based NAS serves MS windows clients > the NAS file system is netbios based and nfs can't be used, even > between a linux NAS and linux client. my system has 2 windows laptops, > a linkstation NAS (linux) and linux laptop running slimserver. so, i > think my only choice to mount the NAS on the linux laptop is using > samba (smbfs or cifs). > > anybody else out there doing this? as in, linux machine running > slimserver, with music library on linux NAS (which also serves windows > clients for other purposes, i.e. not music). if so: > 1. how do you mount the NAS on the linux slimserver? i've beaten my > head against the wall with man mount, fstab, etc. but i can't get the > linux box to mount the share on the NAS. > 2. which is better - smbfs or cifs? > 3. should the playlists be saved on the slimserver or on the NAS? > > thx
My music's hosted on a Linux based NAS and it's accessed from a Windows machine using CIFS and from my Ubuntu machine using NFS. Make sure you enable the protocols on the NAS and that you have NFS installed on your Linux machine. -- egd Internet forums: conclusive proof depth of gene pool is indeed variable, monkeys can be taught to cut code, and world peace is utterly unrealistic... Integrating MusicIP with SqueezeCenter...'*here's how*' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Integrating_MusicIP_with_SqueezeCenter). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39246 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
