Map a Drive to a SUBDIRECTORY???

[timwkao]

NT Server 4.0, SP6.0, & Quantum SNAP Server (NAS Unit)

Hi alls,

I wanted to know if I could map a drive to a subdirectory.

Our G: drive is running out of space, so I wanted to move a large folder (g:\share) from the NT Server to the NAS Unit. So, if I do that, will I be able to map, for instace n:\g_drive\share to g:\share?

is netuse g:\share \\nas\g_drive\share even possible?

If not, is there something better than just making shortcut in the g: drive pointing to n:\g_drive\share?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Marcs41]

Why don't you try? You'll know soon enough.

Marc
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[wolluf]

You've lost me!

netuse g:\share \\nas\g_drive\share?!

net use will assign a drive letter to a network share.

g:\share is not a drive letter.

Surely all you need to do is after moving the folder, create a new share for it, and map your drive to that? (or am I missing something)

 

[timwkao]

Thanks for the posts guys.

Ideally, I would just move the entire contents of the g: drive. However, there isn't space for everything (~40 gigs), but there is space for everyone's share folder, which is only 20 gigs worth of space.

I know, I know. There probably isn't a way to do what I wanted to... I think I will close this post if there isn't anything new by the end of the next week.

Thanks again guys!

Tim

 

[Griffyn]

The feature you're thinking of was first supported in Windows 2000 - and was called something like directory shortcut or something. Essentially, in Win2K, a shortcut to a folder looked exactly like a folder itself to all the Open/Save dialog boxes.

 

[wolluf]

what is g:\share? Is it a real g: drive on the server with a folder called share on it? Or is g: a mapping to a share on the server, which has a subfolder called share? Or something else?

And are we talking accessing g:\share from workstations on the network or 'locally' on the server?

How does the NAS Unit appear on the network - can you share drives and folders as normal on it? (I've no experience of said units).

What I'm getting at is how do the contents of g:\share need to be accessed? (everyone's share folder - is that tied to user profiles or just an area for each user). Assuming this is access over the network to a shared drive/folder, I can't see any real difficulty moving the physical location of \share from \\server to \\nas. But it depends how its accessed/used.

 

[timwkao]

On the File Server, there is a local hard drive with a folder called G-Drive in it.

That is the drive that everyone in the network maps as the G: drive. Within the G drive is a folder called Shared.

Now, what I was aiming for was moving the g:\Shared folder to n:\shared (which is the NAS unit). Then, somehow mapping N:\Share to G:\Share (I really think this is impossible ).

G:\Share gives everyone full access. It isn't tied to anyone's home directory or anything like that. That's why I don't see it as a problem to move everything over to the NAS unit.

Here is what I want to do:

Net Use G:\Share \\indynas\nas\Share

It's the whole g:\share thing that doesn't work out though.

I hope I clarified?

Thanks,

Timbo