Tested under Ubuntu 9.10, All the credit for this belongs to dmizer. I simply adapted to the hda. [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=288534 Original thread here]
In this example we will mount the hda's shared music on our desktop. It will appear as a drive.
*update from sgtfoo: Also Works fine under Fedora 14/15 /16 as well, minus the Ubuntu-specific commands below (such as 'aptitude'). You may need to install samba and cifs utilities in Fedora. (May 28, 20112012)
NOTE: you may need to install smbfs first with