Home network with Lubuntu

Hi everyone,

I have a challenge which needs to be solved: I have 2 desktop systems both running Lubuntu 12.04.

PC-1 is mainly used as my main desktop system.
PC-2 is connected to my flatscreen tv for playing movies. Connected to this system is a 1.5 Terabyte external HDD disc which needs to be accessible from PC-1 (green line)

Both systems are connected to the router (red line).

How do I get network access from PC-1 to PC-2 and get access to my ext. HDD disc through the network? It is merely for data transfer (movies/music).

Anybody here who can give me an easy step-by-step explanation on how to fix this?

Many thanks in advance!

Hi. A NFS share would do it. At first, launch

Code:

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sudo -s

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in a terminal to easely launch commands.
You hard drive on PC-2 must be mounted on some mount point, for example /media/external.
Install "nfs-kernel-server" on both machines.
Create a mount point on PC-1 with

Code:

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mkdir /media/external

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On PC-2, declare the NFS share. Add a line with this command

Code:

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echo "/media/external *(rw)" >> /etc/exports

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then restart nfs server.
On PC-1, mount the NFS share with

Code:

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sudo mount -t nfs -o tcp address_of_pc-2:/media/external /media/external

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Once it works, you may add an auto-mount option on your PC-1 with

Code:

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cat /etc/mtab | grep 'external' >> /etc/fstab

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Don't loose your time with Samba, it's for Windows clients.