[Coco] Linux<->Windows Ethernet connection

[Roger Taylor]

At 02:36 PM 3/26/2006, you wrote:


>"chkconfig --level 35 smb on"  For more information see "man chkconfig".
>
> > It says it started SMB and NMB? with [OK] so I think it's running and I
> > hope this stays running on each boot.  If not, how do I automate it?  I
> > can't remember how I automated the mounting of my FAT32 drive in Linux but
> > I did and it's mounted when I boot as well.
> >
> > I don't know where to go in Linux to assign an IP address, and am lost 
> from
> > there if I do.  :)
>
>Do you have X running on the linux machine?


Yes, X is running.  I edited the Samba config file to have a workgroup of 
MSHOME, same as my XP system, but nothing has shown up in my XP network 
neighorhood.  I figure it won't unless I share something on the Linux box?

All of this is so automated from Windows that it seems like I'm a dummy 
trying to get it running under Linux, but you have to admit that there is 
no way a newbie can sit down in 30 minutes and figure it out on Linux.  The 
entire system assumes that the user is a programmer and has weeks of free 
time to figure simple things out.  However, I love Linux and I do use it 
quite often for other purposes.

All I need is a direct Ethernet cross-over cable connection, no shared 
internet, nothing else.



-- 
Roger Taylor