[kidnewbie]

i have this ubuntu pc that shares the internet connection with my two win xp pcs.

the three of them are connected to my wireless router (ubuntu is using a wireless card).

i want to make a partition on my ubuntu pc that could be accessed by all three pcs. is it possible to do that? if so, how?

i heard that fat32 partitions could be accessed by bothlinux and windows, but if i made a fat32 partition on my linux hdd, how would i share it to the network?

my ubuntu currently has a 15GB hdd. my options are to create something like a 2gb partition for that can be shared or install a new 8gb hdd. but my friend said that having two hdds can slow down a pc. which of the two is the best?

i only need this shared partition to share files, not to store them. so i could transfer files from one pc to another without using my flash drive.

[steven1350]

Originally Posted by kidnewbie

i have this ubuntu pc that shares the internet connection with my two win xp pcs.

the three of them are connected to my wireless router (ubuntu is using a wireless card).

i want to make a partition on my ubuntu pc that could be accessed by all three pcs. is it possible to do that? if so, how?

i heard that fat32 partitions could be accessed by bothlinux and windows, but if i made a fat32 partition on my linux hdd, how would i share it to the network?

my ubuntu currently has a 15GB hdd. my options are to create something like a 2gb partition for that can be shared or install a new 8gb hdd. but my friend said that having two hdds can slow down a pc. which of the two is the best?

i only need this shared partition to share files, not to store them. so i could transfer files from one pc to another without using my flash drive.

yes, fat, fat32, and NTFS can all be read by linux (but linux cant reliabley write on NTFS).
I belive that all flavors of linux come with a disk partitioning tool.

I dont think you need a seperate partion for sharing though. Just use the program Samba Server. This program allows linux to have shares accessable to windows.

[kidnewbie]

Originally Posted by steven1350

yes, fat, fat32, and NTFS can all be read by linux (but linux cant reliabley write on NTFS).
I belive that all flavors of linux come with a disk partitioning tool.

I dont think you need a seperate partion for sharing though. Just use the program Samba Server. This program allows linux to have shares accessable to windows.

so that means that if i have this samba server and a fat32 partition, then both my linux and my xp can access this fat32 partition?

does ubuntu come with the samba server or do i have to download it separately?

[steven1350]

you dont need a fat32 partition. You could have one if you want, but it doesnt matter.

Your install may have included samba server, but usually you have to download it.

Also, please visit this page for the details
http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/sambaserver.shtml