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NAS Box for XP clients with Netware clients installed

Asked by Nay Myo Win

I have one free computer.memory 256MB SDRAM

The reason is i have one Western Digital My book 500GB with ethernet port to share.
which original software is not userfriendly and ok to share and it also comes with default admin console.

So i would like to share all 10 XP computers which has novell netware client installed as office standard and are connected by Wi Fi access point and get DHCP IP from it.

but there is no novell server there.

So all XP clients should save their files on that WD 500GB and must be accessible by all XP clients.

what should I do?

thanks

p.s we have no other servers else.

I would like to build ubuntu NAS server using that computer which is attached on ethernet Port with 500GB WD Network storage drive.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

You can use samba to share the folders on the system, the client systems will then be able to save data to it via a mapped network drive.

You can then right click the my documents icon on the desktop of the XP systems and move it to the shared folder on the NAS, Windows will offer to move the data to the NAS to save you a bother.

Is this what you mean?

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Nay Myo Win (nmwin) said : 		#2

so what to do with WD500GB??

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 11:26 PM, actionparsnip <
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> Your question #77245 on Ubuntu changed:
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>
> Status: Open => Answered
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> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> You can use samba to share the folders on the system, the client systems
> will then be able to save data to it via a mapped network drive.
>
> You can then right click the my documents icon on the desktop of the XP
> systems and move it to the shared folder on the NAS, Windows will offer
> to move the data to the NAS to save you a bother.
>
> Is this what you mean?
>
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#3

This question was expired because it remained in the 'Open' state without activity for the last 15 days.

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Nay Myo Win (nmwin) said : 		#4

i have last asked questions, no body replied yet.

so will u close my ticket?? is it good??

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

It should be fine. If a windows system ca access it, it should be accessible by Linux. I would crawl through forums to check compatibilty by firsy hand users. I havent used one myself but it makes sense

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Nay Myo Win (nmwin) said : 		#6

so there is no NAS module with apt-get install??

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 3:52 PM, actionparsnip <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #77245 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/77245
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> It should be fine. If a windows system ca access it, it should be
> accessible by Linux. I would crawl through forums to check compatibilty
> by firsy hand users. I havent used one myself but it makes sense
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/77245/+confirm?answer_id=4
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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

No there is no 'nas module', a NAS is simply a network shared folder so it can be mounted using fstab or using file browsers etc.

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Nay Myo Win (nmwin) said : 		#8

ok