Re: Mounting SMB file system

[Evgueni Tzvetanov <attroppa%yahoo.com@localhost>]

I have used NFS instead. I just installed Cygwin on the Windows 
servers/workstations and run the NFS service.
This worked for me much better than trying to mount SMB. Besides SMB is much 
more unstable than NFS.

Best!
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--- On Mon, 10/13/08, David Albert <david_albert%comcast.net@localhost> wrote:

> From: David Albert <david_albert%comcast.net@localhost>
> Subject: Re: Mounting SMB file system
> To: "Izumi Tsutsui" <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>
> Cc: port-cobalt%NetBSD.org@localhost
> Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 1:32 PM
> Thank you Tsutsui-san!
> 
> Given how common the SMB file system is and how often
> cobalt NetBSD is used by home and small business users
> who typically have SMB file stores, do you think it would
> be worth having default SMBFS support in the next kernel
> release?
> 
> What do others think?
> 
> Regards,
> Dave
> 
> Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
> > david_albert%comcast.net@localhost wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> marconi: {17} mount_smbfs
> //dalbert@armstrong/Volume_1 /mnt/armstrong
> >> Password:
> >> mount_smbfs: can't get handle to requester (no
> /dev/nsmb* device available)
> >>
> >> Has anyone been able to do this?
> >>     
> >
> > I have not tried it, but GENERIC kernel doesn't
> have SMBFS
> > and /dev/MAKEDEV doesn't create /dev/nsmb? nodes
> by default.
> >
> > You have to build a new kerenl with the following
> definitions:
> > ---
> > file-system SMBFS
> > pseudo-device       nsmb
> > ---
> >
> > and then create /dev/nsmb? nodes:
> > ---
> > # (cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV nsmb)
> > ---
> > Izumi Tsutsui
> >
> >