Re: Can SBS supply a "simple" file share to a Linux box?
From: Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] (sbradcpa_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 02/15/05
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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:21:01 -0800
What are you getting as any error messages?
I'm guessing that you are no longer "workgroup" and are now a domain you
should follow this?
http://www.sbslinks.com/Linux.htm
Sorry to not be more helpful than a link...
black.hole.at@GEEmail.com wrote:
> Hi -
>
> I have an application that was running fine on Win XP Pro - using a 3rd
> party DHCP/BOOTP server and a file share. For my app, I need to
> remote-boot a diskless Linux box (it is a network video display
> appliance). The app sends the Linux box commands which causes it to
> read files from the file share to display content on a large display.
>
> Well the dev sys was one display. The real installation needed 10 of
> the Linux boxes (think "wall of video screens".) Only 5 or 6 of the
> Linux units would boot. I guess I ran into the "10 connection limit" on
> Win XP Pro - D'oh.
>
> Fine, I went out an purchased Windows 2003 Server - SBS. I installed it
> but didn't set up the "server stuff" since I didn't think I needed all
> the bells and whistles. All 10 Linux units booted just fine. Everything
> was great, for 7 days. Now the server shuts down. After some research I
> see various posts reminding people they must finish the installation,
> make the server a domain controller, etc.
>
> I did that, and now I can't get my Linux boxes to boot all the way -
> they still get their kernel, since BOOTP gives it to them, but they
> fail when they try to mount their filesystem. I suspect the clients are
> not "smart enough" anymore, since they are dumb embedded Linux boxes
> and not Windows Clients of some sort.
>
> Am I SOL? What version of Windows do I need to get back where I was
> with Win XP Pro, but with all 10 connections? Is there something simple
> I am missing when I configure the user/password that the Linux box uses
> to access the fileshare?
>
> Any help appreciated. Thanks! (GEE in email is just G)
>
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