Ubuntu :: Connecting Hard Drive To Network
Jan 4, 2011
What I have
1- 1TB HDD. "has 2 partitions"
1.1- Data1 250GB NTFS.
1.2- Data2 750GB EXT4. "Content 4 folders"
1.2.1- Documents.
1.2.2- Music.
1.2.3- Pictures.
1.2.4- Videos.
2- Laptops with Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop 32bit. "I have 3 laptops"
2.1- TV-laptop."I connect to it TV, sound system and 1TB HDD"
2.2- MY-laptop.
2.3- MyWife-laptop.
What I Done so far is that:
1- I connect my 1TB HDD to TV-laptop.
2- I configure Samba on TV-laptop. "Add Samba share"
2.1- basic (/media/Data1,data1,,writable,visible)
access(allow access to everyone).
2.2- basic (/media/Data2/Documents,documents,,writable,visible)
access (allow access to everyone).
2.3- basic (/media/Data2/Music,music,,writable,visible
access(allow access to everyone).
2.4- basic (/media/Data2/Pictures,pictures,,writable,visible)
access(allow access to everyone).
2.5- basic (/media/Data2/Videos,videos,,writable,visible)
access(allow access to everyone).
What I want is that:
1- I want to mount 1TB HDD to all laptops via network "Wireless" automatically when I connect 1TB HDD to TV-laptop.
2- I want all laptops to save data to 1TB HDD. such as all laptops Docs will be in Data2/Documents and so on.
3- I want the laptops synchronize the data.
4- I want some application add data from 1TB HDD such as Rhythmbox.
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Code:
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