Loading flat files located on a server using the Control Center piece ofOWB

Loading flat files from a server with OWB
I am successful loading files with OWB, as long as they resided on my workstation in the C:\ drive. I copied the files to a Linux server into directories owned by Oracle/oinstall, permissions on the directories containing the files are 777. I ran the OWB client from the server with the following results:
Error
RPE-01013: SQL Loader reported error condition, number 1.
SQL*Loader: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Fri Mar 9 11:15:58 2007
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
SQL*Loader-500: Unable to open file (/u00/data/owb_repos1/state_codes.csv)
SQL*Loader-553: file not found
SQL*Loader-509: System error: The system cannot find the file specified.
SQL*Loader: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Fri Mar 9 11:15:58 2007
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
SQL*Loader-500: Unable to open file (/u00/data/owb_repos1/state_codes.csv)
SQL*Loader-553: file not found
SQL*Loader-509: System error: The system cannot find the file specified.
I tried to load the file using the control center from both the windows client and the server client. Can I do this from either one?
I can't import the file in the Design Center from the /u00/data/owb_repos1 directory, it does not show up.
If anyone has received similiar errors from OWB, please tell me how I can fix this. THANKS!!!
[d97886@owbtest owb_repos1]$ pwd
/u00/data/owb_repos1
[d97886@owbtest owb_repos1]$ ls -la
total 24
drwxrwxrwx 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Mar 19 12:14 .
drwxrwxrwx 18 oracle oinstall 4096 Mar 6 16:41 ..
-rwxrwxrwx 1 oracle garrett 1481 Mar 8 07:32 state_codes.csv
[d97886@owbtest owb_repos1]$

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This is what i do for my flat files (i am loading my tables from the flat files):
1) Create location for the files in OWB and it should look something like \\path_to_where_the_files_are. Here you should be able to browse to your Linux box and select the location of the files.
2) Then check whatever you use (i use TOAD) and you should see in owb schema a directory created there which points to the location of the flat file.
3) then just follow the guide to sample the files etc and you are good to go.
Basically OWB has to be able to see the files that are on Linux machine.
Alternatively you can map your Linux share to your windows box (use samba or something) and use it that way.
Sorry if it is stating the obvious.
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Kind Regards
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