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    Mounting Windows drive on Linux from ethernet network

    Is it possible to do so : Mounting Windows drive on Linux from ethernet network? I mean i have two computers, one is a linux box and the other one is windows box. Can i mount the windows drive from a network to linux desktop? I need help urgently...

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    Re: Mounting Windows drive on Linux from ethernet network

    I think you need to check these links out, might be helpful :
    NTFS partitions does not mount at startup in Ubuntu
    http://forums.techarena.in/guides-tutorials/4062.htm
    How do i mount NTFS partition on Fedora?
    If still any doubts, post back...

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    Re: Mounting Windows drive on Linux from ethernet network


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    Re: Mounting Windows drive on Linux from ethernet network

    Try this to mount a windows network drive on a linux box :

    Code:
    mkdir /mnt/winshare
    mount -t smbfs -o username=user //IP-Address-of-win-box/sharename /mnt/winshare
    All the best...

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