I have a Laptop that I use for torrents and sharing my music over my network.
It was running XP but I wanted to change that since XP is no longer supported by MS.
I thought it was a good opportunity to try out Linux. So I installed 'Linux Mint Debian Edition with Cinnamon Desktop' on it. Its up and running, on the network etc.
The problem I have though is that I can't share the external HD that is attached to the laptop vis USB - I have no problems sharing folders on the C Drive but when other Windows computers on the network try to access shared folders on the External Drive I get an error saying they don't have permission (even though I set the permisssions to Read/Write for guest).
I am a complete noob with this OS - any ideas?
thanks in advance.
It was running XP but I wanted to change that since XP is no longer supported by MS.
I thought it was a good opportunity to try out Linux. So I installed 'Linux Mint Debian Edition with Cinnamon Desktop' on it. Its up and running, on the network etc.
The problem I have though is that I can't share the external HD that is attached to the laptop vis USB - I have no problems sharing folders on the C Drive but when other Windows computers on the network try to access shared folders on the External Drive I get an error saying they don't have permission (even though I set the permisssions to Read/Write for guest).
I am a complete noob with this OS - any ideas?
thanks in advance.