I'm tyring to add smbfs using the following instructions that I got from somone. Long and short of it...it doesn't work for me...are there any tutorials on this site that discuss adding modules? Any suggestions?

- apt-get the source (not image) 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

Thanks!

I guess I should mention that I do get through all the steps and reboot; however, no sign of any change...i.e., modprobe smbfs turns up nothing...

<EDIT> Ooops, misread about the rebooting part......... </EDIT>

PS: Don't forget to add the kernel to Lilo or Grub before rebooting.........

Found this Samba howto, written specifically for Debian: Samba Client Howto.......

HTH

Okay, I am learning as I go along here...thanks geekster

So I realized something tonight...I am using 2.2.20-compact. So is the 2.2.20 source going to do me any good? I did 'make modules' and then 'make modules_install' and it created /lib/modules/2.2.20/fs/smbfs.o; however, I cannot throw smbfs.o into /lib/modules/2.2.20-compact/fs b/c it complains about the smbfs.o being compiled for 2.2.20.

Any suggestions? At this point, I am looking for step-by-step instuctions on how to enable smbfs for 2.2.20-compact as a module.

Thanks!

Here is what I tried now...

1. Edit the Makefile and add EXTRAVERSION = -compact
2. cp /boot/config-2.2.20-compact ./.config
3. make menuconfig (add smbfs as a module)
4. make dep; make modules; make modules_install
5. restart (don't know if this is necessary)
6. modprobe smbfs

I get all kinds of unresolved symbol (too many to put in this thread) and the, "Hint: You are trying to load a module without a GPL compatible license and it has unresolved symbols..."

I'm either making some progress or in a patch of weeds...=)

I suppose you'll need to find out what is different about the "compact" version..........Here's a few links for this kernel version:

Package: kernel-image-2.2.20-compact (2.2.20-5woody5)
Package: kernel-headers-2.2.20-compact (2.2.20-5woody5)
Overview of kernel-image-2.2.20-i386 source package
Changelog (2.2.20-5woody5)

Just a thought, but do you have the kernel headers installed for that particular kernel........Don't know if it's necessary being new to how things are done in Debian...........At any rate, you might want to email the kernel maintainer (mail link found on the "Overview" page)