On Sunday 01 May 2005 14:07, Derek Jennings wrote: > 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=c2h >vd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&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.
Replying to my own post. You may also like to check out the Buffalo Linkstation It runs Linux internally and uses Samba to provide the shares to other computers, so you absolutely **know** it is going to work with Mandrake. http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=7197048327&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=75274 Another plus is you can hack the operating system and do whatever you want with it :-) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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