Re: kernel with modules

[Kevin McKinley <ronin2@bellatlantic.net>]

On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:13:19 -0400
Nori Heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu> wrote:

> > > spycellar:~# modprobe -k smbfs modprobe: Can't locate module smbfs
...
> 
> how do i download and compile a module?  i apt-got smbfs, but beyond
> that i don't know how to proceed.

>From the message you got when you tried to modprobe, I suspect you don't
have an smbfs module. To nail that down, go to /boot, and do:

grep SMB config-2.2.20-idepci

(or "config-2.4.18-bf2.4" if you use that kernel)

If you get (among other things) "#CONFIG_SMB_FS is not set" then you'll need
to configure and compile a kernel with SMBFS support.

To see how go here:

http://sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html

Kevin