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If you have a Windows share, you'll find a good how-to here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountWindowsSharesPermanently
If you use NFS you can look here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpNFSHowTo#NFS%20Client

Please understand that i am new to Linux.... I have a server that is using ClarkConnect, which runs a customized version of RedHat in the background. This is running samba, and I have a shared folder that I can see and get access to using smb4k on my Ubuntu 8.04 computer. So I am looking for a way to automatically start smb4k when I boot my computer and have it login and mount the drive. I have looked in the NFS link but I don't see my solution.

Because you are using Samba you need to follow the instructions in the first link:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountWindowsSharesPermanently

In short you need to:
 - Type in a terminal: sudo apt-get install smbfs
 - Put the following line in /etc/fstab:
//YOUR_SERVER/YOUR_SHARED_FOLDER /media/samba cifs iocharset=utf8,credentials=/etc/smb.cred 0 0
   Replace YOUR_SERVER and YOUR_SHARED_FOLDER with the appropriate values.
 - Type in a terminal: sudo gedit /etc/smb.cred
   and copy the following lines into the editor:
   username=YOUR_USERNAME
   password=YOUR_PWD
 - Type in a terminal: sudo chmod 600 /etc/smb.cred
After a reboot there should be a link on your desktop pointing to the share.
If you have problems, there is some additional information in the above link.