Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 00:42:45 -0500 From: "Victor R. Cardona" <vcardona@home.com> To: krisno pryosusilo <krisnop@ozemail.com.au> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD, Linux & Msdos file sharing? Message-ID: <20010514004245.A60864@marx.marvic.chum> In-Reply-To: <01051410214801.00962@adc-laptop>; from krisnop@ozemail.com.au on Mon, May 14, 2001 at 10:21:48AM %2B1000 References: <01051410214801.00962@adc-laptop>
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On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 10:21:48AM +1000, krisno pryosusilo wrote:
> I have read somewhere, of the ability for FreeBSD and Linux to mount a MSDOS
> slice in read/write mode, however FreeBSD and Linux are only able to read
> and not write.
> Does this also mean that if I wish to make a FreeBSD file server, I can
> interoperate fully with Windows, but at this stage I can't with Linux?.
Both Linux and FreeBSD can mount FAT16 and FAT32 filesystems in
read-write mode. I know that Linux can also mount NTFS filesystems in
read-only mode. I do not know about FreeBSD.
As far as file servers are concerned, you would probably use Samba to
provide the SMB/CIFS support on the FreeBSD or Linux box. That would
allow Windows machines to map network drives over to the server.
HTH,
-v
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