Re: smbfs just isn't there

["nate" <debian-user@aphroland.org>]

Tim Verry said:

> I can't find it at all, used "locate" and KDE's "find files".  Would there
> be  any harm in just acquiring this file and throwing it in there?

if you can get the file from the 2.2.20 kernel there wouldn't be
much harm, you would probably have to load it via insmod -f smbfs.o
(to force it). But being that they are the same version of kernel, idepci
is only a small patch, it shouldn't cause any serious problems.

I would reccomend compilign a kernel from scratch if possible, but its
not a big deal.

something you can try:

download the kernel-image-2.2.20 deb file from packages.debian.org,
then run it through alien to convert it to tar/gz (alien -t), then
extract it somewhere safe like /tmp and copy the smbfs.o module over,
then try to force load it as above.

good luck

nate