can't mount smbfs

["Bob Koss" <koss@objectmentor.com>]

I attempt to mount my win98 box known as thinkpad-wired on my linux box:

bear:~# mount -t smbfs //thinkpad-wired/E /mnt/thinkpad-winblows
session request to THINKPAD-WIRED failed
session request to *SMBSERVER failed
SMB connection failed
bear:~#


thinkpad-wireless is in /etc/hosts and the /mnt/thinkpad-winblows directory
exists. This has worked in the past.

Logs are either not showing anything useful, or I don't know where to look:

bear:~# tail /var/log/smb

[2001/09/17 12:38:31, 1] smbd/server.c:main(641)
  smbd version 2.0.7 started.
  Copyright Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998
[2001/09/17 12:38:31, 1] smbd/files.c:file_init(216)
  file_init: Information only: requested 10000 open files, 1014 are
available.
bear:~#


Any ideas?

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