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Posted by filmguy, 01-10-2008, 03:04 AM
Currently I have a linux server for a video sharring site The video encoder that I prefer to use will only work in a windows enviorment The windows server would pass off the converted video to the Linux server. Will a Samba server for Linux allow a Linux machine to connect and share files with a Windows machine work for this application. Although it's probably a dumb question but can Linux and Windows exist on the same server? Appreciate any suggestions
Posted by bitserve, 01-10-2008, 04:09 AM
It is possible to run windows and Linux on the same computer at the same time. However, just using samba will probably meet your needs.
Posted by WebHostingNeeds, 01-10-2008, 11:06 AM
You can use VMWare virtual machine and install linux and samba in it. Doing this will use up some 200 MB memory for just running the new OS. Which video encoder you use on windows ?
Posted by mathew_p_a, 01-11-2008, 12:39 PM
Do you need to establish a common shared folder in your linux machine which is accessible by the windows machine where the encoder runs ? In the above case, I guess Samba itself is enough.