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Re: ncpmount trouble



tgray@adacplastics.com wrote:
> 
> I am trying to get my Linux box to access the Netware volumes at
> work.
> 
> when I type:
> 
> ncpmount -S [servername] -U [username] /novellmounttest
> 
> I get the following error:
> 
> ncpmount:  Cannot assign requested addresss when trying to find
> [servername]
> 
> I am running on Mandrake 7.0-2, and IPX is installed and
> configured.  I have no idea on how to test if it is working though.
> "If you don't think life is interesting,
> you're not paying enough attention." me, 1987-ish.
> --Tim Gray

Do an lsmod and be sure you have ncpfs loaded. When I did
the setup, it didn't 
handle modification of startup scripts correctly. I now have
the following lines
in my /etc/rc.d/rc.local file.

# Start ncp filesystem           
/sbin/insmod ncpfs              
ipx_interface add -p eth0 802.2 

 
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David Zeitler
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