Well, lets see. These are the questions I start with when trouble shooting a LINUX/SAMBA/Windows problem.
1. Can you ping one system from the other? 2. If yes skip to 5 below. 3. Check to see if the cable is a crossover cable like is should be. If no, get a crossover cable and go to step 1. 4. Are the IP addresses and net masks on Windows and Linux set correctly. I.E. Windows 192.168.1.10, Linux 192.168.1.11, both having a netmask of 255.255.255.0. If no, correct. 5. Is the workgroup for the windows systems that same as the one set in the /etc/smb.conf file on the Linux system? If no, correct. 6. If yes, can the windows system see the Linux system in Network Neighborhood? If no, we got problems that need more specific info. If yes, is there an error message you get when trying to open the Linux system icon from windows on the laptop? What this boils down to is that I need to know where the failure is occuring. Is it hardware?, configuratuion? lack of documentation?, something else? Marc --- Kevin Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm completely new to the realm of LINUX and to your > discussion group. > I'm a UC Davis grad student trying to put a > bioinformatics workstation > to work at home. Any idea, how I can get some help > with > installation-related questions? > > The acute issue is how to connect a Windows 98 > laptop to the LINUX box. > Today, I installed Redhat 7.1 and SAMBA. > Consequently, the LINUX machine > can talk to itself via SAMBA but the Windows laptop > doesn't see it > through the network (network == a patch-cable > connecting the two NICs). > Any help is appreciated. > > Thank you, > Kevin > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
