08-07-2021, 03:12 PM
The first thing to do is to read below:
https://www.linuxliteos.com/manual/network.html#shares
However I'm not quite sure what you're attempting to do as far as your network topology. You say you are dual booting Windows and Linux and have a few other Windows devices on your LAN. Samba requires both your Linux and Windows systems to be running at least as far as accessing shared Linux files from Windows. The other Windows systems on your LAN can access Linux shared files as long as your Linux system is booted and running, but not if it is shut down, and the Windows system you are dual booting with Linux cannot access your shared Linux files because you cannot boot both of them at once. This can be confusing because you can certainly access the Windows files on the unmounted Windows partition from Linux even though Windows is not running, but in that case it is not Samba that is giving you access. Windows 8 does not natively work with extended partitions, which means Windows cannot see your Linux partition or files unless your Linux system is booted and running. You can't boot them both when you are dual booting. There are some other solutions to sharing files between Windows and Linux on the same drive but I'm not going to mention them yet until I understand what you are trying to do here. Please clarify what you are attempting.
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https://www.linuxliteos.com/manual/network.html#shares
However I'm not quite sure what you're attempting to do as far as your network topology. You say you are dual booting Windows and Linux and have a few other Windows devices on your LAN. Samba requires both your Linux and Windows systems to be running at least as far as accessing shared Linux files from Windows. The other Windows systems on your LAN can access Linux shared files as long as your Linux system is booted and running, but not if it is shut down, and the Windows system you are dual booting with Linux cannot access your shared Linux files because you cannot boot both of them at once. This can be confusing because you can certainly access the Windows files on the unmounted Windows partition from Linux even though Windows is not running, but in that case it is not Samba that is giving you access. Windows 8 does not natively work with extended partitions, which means Windows cannot see your Linux partition or files unless your Linux system is booted and running. You can't boot them both when you are dual booting. There are some other solutions to sharing files between Windows and Linux on the same drive but I'm not going to mention them yet until I understand what you are trying to do here. Please clarify what you are attempting.
TCÂ
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