[linux-cifs-client] SMB support still missing?

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Jan,

> as of kernel 2.6.20-rc7, cifs still cannot mount Windows 98 despite the 
> source code containing traces that believe it could. (Existence of 
> cifssmb.c) If so, what is wrong with mounting?
> 
> sk0# mount -t cifs //cl0/c /mnt/0
> Password: (leave blank)
>  CIFS VFS: No response for cmd 114 mid 1
>  CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -112
> mount error 112 = Host is down
> Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)

IIRC mount.cifs won't do netbios name resolution for you.
Use the ip= option to define the IP address.  The Win98 support
is for the netbios session layer IIRC.  This worked last time
I checked.





cheers, jerry
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