Ubuntu 16.04, how can I share an unmounted disk/partition with windows machines in same lan?

Question

I created a raid 1 mirror from two physically attached disks and partitioned and formatted the newly formed raid 1 drive. My question is: Can I share this raid 1 drive in my local lan with other windows machines in WORKGROUP without having to mount the raid 1 drive in my linux server itself and how would I do that?

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 04 '17 at 14:20

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In order to use the files, a partition must be mounted by some software.

You can mount the partition locally and then share the files and directories using samba (see this answer for a graphical setup).

It is also possible to share the partition on the network, and then mount it remotely, for instance using iSCSI.

In any case, the partition will be mounted either locally or remotely.

answered Dec 04 '17 at 14:20

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How can I mount the raid drive? – Matt Dec 04 '17 at 14:27
And also, my linux machine does not show on my windows machines under "Network" – Matt Dec 04 '17 at 14:28
thanks, the issue was related to a problem with lvm in connection with my raid 1 setup. I corrected it and it works fine now. – Matt Dec 08 '17 at 04:17

Ubuntu 16.04, how can I share an unmounted disk/partition with windows machines in same lan?

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