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how to share folders between Windows and IRIX? - RetroGamer1985 - 10-23-2018
Hi, I am new to the topic of networking or what refers to communication between computers, I would like to know how I can share the folders of my Windows to IRIX. What should I do and what are the methods?
RE: how to share folders between Windows and IRIX? - BackPlaner - 10-23-2018
It can be mind-numbingly frustrating at times, usually I wind up just doing FTP which works just fine.
RE: how to share folders between Windows and IRIX? - mamorim01 - 10-23-2018
Different ways to approach this, but I must admit I have never tried it myself. You can probably try Samba for the most direct approach, although I think you may run into some issues if you have Windows 10 installed. Another possibility is through an NFS server installed in your Windows machine (FreeNFS maybe?).
I am a simple folk, I have an ftpd server installed on a spare debian machine for other purposes, and I keep my IRIX tars stored there. If I need to get a file I just ftp from the IRIX machine and get files as necessary. It is probably not an optimum arrangement, but it works fine for me.
(10-23-2018, 01:44 PM)BackPlaner Wrote: It can be mind-numbingly frustrating at times, usually I wind up just doing FTP which works just fine.
I was typing my reply then I saw this comment. I definitely agree.
RE: how to share folders between Windows and IRIX? - jan-jaap - 10-23-2018
Surely most people have some sort of NAS these days? Those are really small Linux servers and they can serve up files using SMB and NFS protocols simultaneously.
RE: how to share folders between Windows and IRIX? - gijoe77 - 10-23-2018
(10-23-2018, 02:49 PM)jan-jaap Wrote: Surely most people have some sort of NAS these days? Those are really small Linux servers and they can serve up files using SMB and NFS protocols simultaneously.
naw, any free money I have to dump on gear I dump into my SGI's... I really should maybe stop doing this...
RE: how to share folders between Windows and IRIX? - Trippynet - 10-23-2018
Personally I use Sharity. The free version is fine for simple use and allows you to mount a Windows share in IRIX so that it is accessible just like a normal local folder.
RE: how to share folders between Windows and IRIX? - mamorim01 - 10-23-2018
(10-23-2018, 04:23 PM)Trippynet Wrote: Personally I use Sharity. The free version is fine for simple use and allows you to mount a Windows share in IRIX so that it is accessible just like a normal local folder.
Nice. Thanks for the tip.
RE: how to share folders between Windows and IRIX? - RetroGamer1985 - 10-24-2018
(10-23-2018, 04:23 PM)Trippynet Wrote: Personally I use Sharity. The free version is fine for simple use and allows you to mount a Windows share in IRIX so that it is accessible just like a normal local folder.
can you tell me what to do to use Sharity?
What should I configure Windows 10?
What should I configure IRIX?
RE: how to share folders between Windows and IRIX? - Trippynet - 10-24-2018
Should be pretty straightforward. Set up a share in Windows, install Sharity, launch the GUI and mount the share using a username/password from your Windows machine.
Sharity can also be operated from the console, I have it in a startup script to automatically map the Windows share on login for my SGIs.
If you're experiencing issues, try launching the Sharity GUI as root to test if this works. If so, could be a permission issue for the folder you're mounting into on the SGI machine.
RE: how to share folders between Windows and IRIX? - RetroGamer1985 - 10-24-2018
(10-24-2018, 04:43 PM)Trippynet Wrote: Should be pretty straightforward. Set up a share in Windows, install Sharity, launch the GUI and mount the share using a username/password from your Windows machine.
Sharity can also be operated from the console, I have it in a startup script to automatically map the Windows share on login for my SGIs.
If you're experiencing issues, try launching the Sharity GUI as root to test if this works. If so, could be a permission issue for the folder you're mounting into on the SGI machine.
Does this require internet or not? because I still can not connect to it when I was installing sharity I said something about Windows server or WINS, I do not understand what it is, as I said before I'm new to IRIX and a networking noob, so in Windows I only have to create a working group and then try to access the working group on IRIX or you have to do more things to make it work