Mount XP Pro using fstab in fedora 8

lmcilwain · 03-06-2008, 03:17 PM

Hey guys,

I am trying to get my Fedora 8 system to mount my XP system to easily share files and I am having a hard time.

I have made the following entry in my fstab:

Code:

//izengard/c$          /izengard               cifs    defaults        0 0

I have also used smb and smbfs for the types of file systems but still with no luck.

The message I am getting when I try to reload my fstab is:

Code:

[lem@mordor2 etc]$ sudo mount -a
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //izengard/c,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so

I took a look at dmesg | tail and it showed:

Code:

[lem@mordor2 etc]$ dmesg | tail
eth1: MAC controller error (WTERR). Ignoring.
 CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -22
 CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -22
 CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -22

When I try with smb or smbfs I get:

Code:

[lem@mordor2 etc]$ sudo mount -a
mount: unknown filesystem type 'smb'

or

Code:

mount: unknown filesystem type 'smbfs'

I have also tried an entry in my fstab like this:

Code:

//izengard/c           /izengard               cifs    noauto,rw,password="password"

and when I run sudo mount -a I don't get any errors that pop up , but the filesystem wasn't mounted either. I can do a sudo umount /izengard and it will tell me that it was never mounted.

Anyone got any ides?

Brian1 · 03-06-2008, 03:44 PM

Can you use the mount command to mount the share with that name?
If not then have you define in /etc/hosts file which IP that machine name is referred to?

Brian

MS3FGX · 03-06-2008, 03:44 PM

Have you tried making a proper share rather than using the hidden C: share?

It could be that fstab won't allow the $ character, which would naturally cause the mount to fail (since c$ is not the same as c, the $ denotes it is hidden on the remote machine).

lmcilwain · 03-06-2008, 09:56 PM

Brian1 - All of my hosts are defined in the /etc/hosts directory. I am able to ping it by name so I know its working.

I did try using the smbmount command but my system didn't see to have any knowledge of that comment.

Unless I'm using the mount command wrong, this is what my results are:

Code:

[lem@mordor2 /]$ sudo mount -t cifs //izengard/d /izengard
Password:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //izengard/c,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so

[lem@mordor2 /]$ sudo mount -t smbfs //izengard/d /izengard
mount: unknown filesystem type 'smbfs'
[lem@mordor2 /]$ sudo mount -t smb //izengard/d /izengard
mount: unknown filesystem type 'smb'

MS3FGX - I did remove the "$" from the C share but still got the same errors. I did try with my other share (above)but seems like no luck.

Brian1 · 03-07-2008, 03:08 PM

After issue the command what does the ' dmesg ' command mention?

I would also try to use the mount command as root and not as sudo. su to root and try the mount command that way.

Brian

TheMandibleClaw · 10-02-2008, 03:44 AM

I was experiencing the same thing on ubuntu hardy, and have finally found a solution that works for me...

I couldn't understand what was wrong

Code:

 smbclient -L

was showing the shares, and smb:///server/share in konqueror was working fine too. but every time i tried

Code:

 mount -tcifs -ousername=... //server/share /mnt

and it would fail with :

Code:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //izengard/c,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so

then I installed the smbfs package, which i had previously ignored as to my knowledge, smbfs was replaced by cifs...

to my surprise, the package came with mount.cifs which is what i was trying to get hold of in the first place.

Code:

mount.cifs //server/share /mnt -o username

works fine.