Networking Red Hat linux and Windows XP

quantum

Well, we have a windows workgroup internal network already in place. And we have red hat linux in one of the PCs. Now we'd like to get the Red Hat connect to the windows workgroup.

What are the steps guys? Where do I start from in my quest to bridging the gap between linux and windows?
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dinangkur

You need to use server msg block protocol.

Following is howto:

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/SMB-HOWTO.html

Happy Hacking.

-DK.
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quantum

Well..that's by using samba to share a printer. Basically I wanted something like a windows workgroup. So that I can share directories and files among computers.
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Guest

Quantum,

I think you didn't read that well. Samba also do that too.

http://forums.devhardware.com/showthread.php?t=21376

Read it.

-DK.

quantum

Oh sorry...at first I only skimmed through. Let me check again.
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diprodhk · Guest

Actualy i'm not using linux. But i like to use it. And that is why i want to install linux in my PC. I'm currently using windows 98 and 2000 professional . have any problem if i want to install linux in the same PC?
Thanks
Dipro

quantum

I do not think, there is any risk of problem. It is very easy to have a dual booting system with windows and linux. You did not mention which linux distribution package you are going to install. For newbies our linux expert DK would probably refer Fedora core 2. Red Hat is probably the most popular and easy to use. Anyway, we have a system with windows 98 and Read Hat 9.0. What you need to do is first empty 5/6 partitions on your hard disk for the linuz installation. Insert the bootable Read Hat CD when starting up. The rest are details about how to configure and set up the installtion. The instructions should be very self evident. Try it and if you run into problems let us know. I will also provide you with a link for the details of the installation in a while.

Now after installtion, the problem you will be facing is the system will always boot up in linux. You have to define a multibooting system. If you install Red Hat, then you may have to go through this after installation:

Log into Red Hat Linux, and open the /boot/grub/grub.conf file using the vi editor. Be very cautious while editing it. Since, GRUB reads the /boot/grub/grub.conf file while bootstrapping the computer, typos inside /boot/grub/grub.conf file can result in total disasters. Readers must note: GRUB does not have any utility like LILO uses the /sbin/lilo -v -v command from the command prompt for checking the /etc/lilo.conf. So be extra careful while using GRUB to boot operating systems.

Your /boot/grub/grub.conf file after editing should resemble this:

Quote:

default=0
timeout=150
splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title Linux (2.4.18-3)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-3 ro root=/dev/hda6

title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

Check out this link for detailed information on how to have Windows, Linux Red Hat and FreeBsd in the same system and multiboot to any of them as you wish.

[http://jamesthornton.com/linux/Win+BSD+Linux-Install/]
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