[Samba] config problems

[Scott]

I would like to set up  a small local network thru my router.  I'm using 
Mandrake 8.2 and have Samba 2.2.3a  installed. I would like to network 
to my main machine Windows 98.  At present I don't have smbd running or 
nmbd. I don't see how to get them running. I'm a newbie so I have 
trouble getting around in shell. I'm trying to make athe switch from M$ 
to linux.  Any help would be appreciated.