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Integrating Linux and Windows Integrating Linux and Windows By Mike McCune Publisher : Prentice Hall PTR Pub Date : December 19, 2000 ISBN : 0-13-030670-3 • Pages : 416 The complete solutions guide for every Linux/Windows system administrator! This complete Linux/Windows integration guide offers detailed coverage of dual- boot issues, data compatibility, and networking. It also handles topics such as implementing Samba file/print services for Windows workstations and providing cross-platform database access. Running Linux and Windows in the same environment? Here's the comprehensive, up-to-the-minute solutions guide you've been searching for! In Integrating Linux and Windows, top consultant Mike McCune brings together hundreds of solutions for the problems that Linux/Windows system administrators encounter most often. McCune focuses on the critical interoperability issues real businesses face: networking, program/data compatibility, dual-boot systems, and more. You'll discover exactly how to: Use Samba and Linux to deliver high-performance, low-cost file and print services to Windows workstations Compare and implement the best Linux/Windows connectivity techniques: NFS, FTP, remote commands, secure shell, telnet, and more Provide reliable data exchange between Microsoft Office and StarOffice for Linux Provide high-performance cross-platform database access via ODBC Make the most of platform-independent, browser-based applications Manage Linux and Windows on the same workstation: boot managers, partitioning, compressed drives, file systems, and more. For anyone running both Linux and Windows, McCune delivers honest and objective explanations of all your integration options, plus realistic, proven solutions you won't find anywhere else. Integrating Linux and Windows will help you keep your users happy, your costs under control, and your sanity intact! 1 Integrating Linux and Windows 2 Integrating Linux and Windows Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McCune, Mike. Integrating Linux and Windows / Mike McCune. p. cm. — (Open technology series) Includes index. ISBN 0-13-030670-3 (alk. paper) 1. Linux 2. Microsoft Windows (Computer file) 3. Operating systems (computers) I. Title. II. Series. QA76.76.O63 M387 2000 005.4'469—dc21 Editorial/Production Supervision: Wil Mara Acquisitions Editor: Miles Williams Editorial Assistant: Richard Winkler Marketing Manager: Kate Hargett Manufacturing Manager: Alexis R. Heydt Cover Design Director: Jerry Votta Cover Designer: Talar Agasyan Art Director: Gail Cocker-Bogusz Illustrations: Wil Mara © 2001 Prentice Hall PTR Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. 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Limited, Sydney Prentice-Hall Canada Inc., Toronto Prentice-Hall Hispanoamericana, S.A., Mexico Prentice-Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi Prentice-Hall of Japan, Inc., Tokyo Pearson Education Asia Pte. Ltd. Editora Prentice-Hall do Brasil, Ltda., Rio de Janeiro 4 Integrating Linux and Windows Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data .....................................3 Introduction...............................................................................................................8 Chapter 1. Having Linux and Windows on the Same PC ...............................10 1.1 Partitions ......................................................................................................10 1.2 Filesystems..................................................................................................10 1.3 Partition Naming .........................................................................................13 1.4 Linux and Windows 95/98 .........................................................................14 1.5 Setting up Linux and Windows 3x/9x on Separate Partitions..............18 1.6 Partitioning an Existing Hard Drive..........................................................19 Chapter 2. Accessing ext2 Partitions with Windows .......................................29 2.1 Accessing ext2 Partitions with DOS and Windows 3.1 ........................29 2.2 ltools..............................................................................................................29 2.3 Accessing ext2 Partitions with Windows 9x ...........................................31 2.4 Accessing ext2 Partitions with Windows NT and 2000 ........................33 Chapter 3. Mounting Windows Partitions with Linux .......................................34 3.1 Accessing Compressed DOS/Windows Drives with Linux ..................34 3.2 Adding a Partition to the fstab ...............................................................35 Chapter 4. Emulators............................................................................................37 4.1 DOS ..............................................................................................................37 4.2 Windows.......................................................................................................37 4.3 VMware ........................................................................................................38 4.4 FreeMWare..................................................................................................43 4.5 Win4Lin ........................................................................................................43 4.6 Conclusion ...................................................................................................43 Chapter 5. Internet Applications .........................................................................45 5.1 Web Server Compatibility..........................................................................45 5.2 FrontPage Extensions ...............................................................................46 5.3 Using Microsoft Office Files on the Web.................................................47 5.4 Web Browsers.............................................................................................47 5.5 Email.............................................................................................................49 5.6 Streaming Media.........................................................................................51 5.7 Chat ..............................................................................................................55 5.8 Instant Messaging ......................................................................................56 5.9 Internet Security..........................................................................................56 Chapter 6. Business Applications.......................................................................61 6.1 Microsoft Office ...........................................................................................61 6.2 Corel WordPerfect Office ..........................................................................61 6.3 Other Commercial Productivity Suites ....................................................63 6.4 Open Source Office Suites .......................................................................64 6.5 Web-Based Suites......................................................................................64 6.6 Reading and Writing Microsoft Office Files ............................................66 6.7 Exporting MS Office Files..........................................................................66 6.8 Importing and Exporting MS Office Files with Linux .............................68 6.9 Using MS Office Documents with Star Office ........................................69 6.10 Checkpoints When Importing and Exporting .......................................71 6.11 Financial Programs ..................................................................................72 6.12 Graphics Programs ..................................................................................73 6.13 The Last Word ..........................................................................................76 6.14 Conclusions...............................................................................................76 5 Integrating Linux and Windows Chapter 7. Databases...........................................................................................77 Using Databases ...............................................................................................77 Choosing a Database .......................................................................................78 Connecting Databases .....................................................................................78