kernel-package) makes it really easy. But it was not tob e. I managed to
screw up my whole install (and the RedHat and Windoze partitions on the box
as well, by accidentallyinstalling MBRs in them!). So,don’t do that.
Whatyou want to get down with is LKMs — Loadable Kernel Modules.
In a nutshell, what is actuallycompiled into the kernel is part of the base kernel,
and then you can stick modules (which you need compile separately) into a
running kernel. This is what you’ll need to do with smbfs.
I’m sketchy on The Debian Wayon how exactly to compile the smbfs mod-
ule and sticking it into my kernel, although apparently i accomplished it. What
worked for me was the following:
(Assuming you’re using a stock kernel:)
•apt-get the source (notimage) of your current kernel (apt-get install
kernel-source-‘uname -r‘.
•cd /usr/src/kernel-source-‘uname -r‘
•cp /boot/config-‘uname -r‘ ./config
•make menuconfig (or whatever kind of config you want)
•Here, it’s as if you’re rolling your own kernel, but in fact all you want
do is choose SMBFS support as a module. It’s under “filesystems” or
something pretty intuitive.
•Save & quit. . .
•make-kpkg modules
That, plus a reboot, totally did it for me (I think). YMMV — it’s along
those lines, at least.
2.3.2 Mounting a Samba Share
The rest is cake. Read man mount if you haven’t, and then try a:
mount -t smbfs -o username=<name>,password=<passwd> //sambashare
/mountpoint
The samba share should mount on your mountpoint.
If that doesn’t work — like if you havea username with a space in it (argh!
the Windoze aesthetic is becoming the standard!), you’ll need to create a so-
called “credentials file” and put your info in there. The formatting goes like
this:
username=8TRACK0/Nori Heikkinen
password=mypassword
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