Whats wrong with FTP?
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011, burnsmicro wrote:
> Yikes! Compiling the kernel module to support smbfs is beyond my depth.
> My attempt to set up a convenient productive development environment has
> been thwarted for now.
>
> Yes, http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/165 was very helpful
> ..but it fell apart when smbf did not install: No warning, no error ..and
> no smbfs.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Furber
>
>
> --- In Jim Jackson <> wrote:
> >
> >
> > This explains more...
> >
> > http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/165
> >
> > The smbfs package does not contain the kernel module. If the kernel module
> > is not there you will need to compile a new kernel supporting smbfs.
> >
> > This seems a lot of work just to get an executable from your pc to the
> > board - have you tried ftp?
> >
> > On Thu, 17 Feb 2011, burnsmicro wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Doh! I forgot the "install". However, despite appearing to install, I was
> > > unable to subsequently find smbfs:
> > >
> > > ts7500:/# apt-get install smbfs
> > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > Building dependency tree
> > > Reading state information... Done
> > > Suggested packages:
> > > smbclient
> > > The following NEW packages will be installed:
> > > smbfs
> > > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 46 not upgraded.
> > > Need to get 1315kB of archives.
> > > After this operation, 3920kB of additional disk space will be used.
> > > Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/main smbfs 2:3.2.5-4lenny13 [1315kB]
> > > Fetched 1315kB in 5s (234kB/s)
> > > Selecting previously deselected package smbfs.
> > > (Reading database ... 15269 files and directories currently installed.)
> > > Unpacking smbfs (from .../smbfs_2%3a3.2.5-4lenny13_arm.deb) ...
> > > Processing triggers for man-db ...
> > > Setting up smbfs (2:3.2.5-4lenny13) ...
> > > ts7500:/# modprobe smbfs
> > > FATAL: Module smbfs not found.
> > > ts7500:/# whereis smbfs
> > > smbfs:
> > >
> > > So, what has happened? Did smbfs not install?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Bob Furber
> > >
> > > --- In "Jaan" <jaan_r@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Well, in this case, you should try "apt-get install smbfs", not
> > > > "apt-get smbfs". Unfortunately I have no experience with Debian and
> > > > Samba.
> > > >
> > > > Jaan
> > > >
> > > > --- In "burnsmicro" <burnsmicro@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > After installing samba, I was able to make TS7553/Debian files
> > > > > visible on a host Windows PC on the LAN. Now, I would like to do the
> > > > > opposite. That is, make a remote Windows file accessible on a TS7553.
> > > > >
> > > > > Why do I want to do this? So I can compile programs on a Windows host
> > > > > PC and run them on the TS7553.
> > > > >
> > > > > Apparently this requires smbfs:
> > > > >
> > > > > # mount -t smbfs -o username=myname,password=mypw
> > > > > //winpc_name/shared_dir_name /mnt/shared_dir_name
> > > > >
> > > > > The problem is smbfs must be installed. Regrettably, apt-get does not
> > > > > do it:
> > > > >
> > > > > # apt-get smbfs
> > > > > E: Invalid operation smbfs
> > > > >
> > > > > So, here I am, looking for help.
> > > > >
> > > > > Does any of this make sense?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Bob Furber
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
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