Redhat 8 and Win XP file sharing

[charlesinbam]

hi,
I've recently installed redhat 8 on my machine. now i have a dual boot PC with Win XP (fat32) and redhat 8.

i need to access windows mp3 files in linux.. how do i start? .. samba? can't seem to understand it.

Pls help.🙁

 

[n0cmonkey]

If the files are on the local machine, samba will not help. Just mount the vfat partitions, it should work just fine.

 

[darktubbly]

Samba is only for remote machines. Do a Google search for Mount Fat32 Partition tutorial.

Edit: Echo......echo.....echo.... damn your faster fingers, n0cmonkey 🙂

 

[charlesinbam]

thanks a lot n0cmonkey & darktubbly for the quick reply

 

[charlesinbam]

this is what i did:
treminal > su > logged into root > mkdir /mnt/share1 > mount -t vfat /dev/hda6 /mnt/share1.

now i'm able to see all my mp3 files but i can't seem to play them in XMMS player .. i'm using redhat 8!

what's wrong?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Mounting that directory in /dev is a no-no. 🙂

I'm guessing it is a permissions problem. Check the permissions of the share1 directory before you mount anything to it. 🙂