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Re: kernel with modules



On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 05:49:54PM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> hey all,
> 
> i'm trying to set up samba to interface with my windoze network at
> work.  i've apt-gotten samba, smbfs, and all the things the myriad
> howtwos i've found have deemed necessary, but i can't figure out how
> to put smbfs as a module into my kernel.
> 
> spycellar:~# modprobe -k smbfs
> modprobe: Can't locate module smbfs

Do you have the smbfs module (the package does not provide the module)?

> i clearly just don't know enough about kernels to understand why this
> isn't working, or what i have to do to get smbfs to be modularly
> inserted into my kernel.  could someone please point me in the right
> direction?

Take a look at your kernel's config.  smbfs could be compiled into it
so that you don't need a module, or you may have to compile the module
yourself.

-- 
Seneca
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