Tested under Ubuntu 8.10, 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.
NOTE: you may need to install smbfs first with
sudo aptitude install smbfs
*First create a new folder to mount your hda files: '''sudo mkdir /media/music'''