Re: assistance requested

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> ... except Gnome files cause i've not found
> Gnome to be designed for slower machines, especially not with
> enlightenment...

I recommend xfce for slower machines. (and all machines :)

> ok now i do believe that Samba has been installed, i appear to have the
> appropriate files. when i run the command "# smbmount / /mfalcon/website
> /mnt/wincrap" i get an error along the lines "could not resolve mount point
> /mnt/shared" now i'm pretty sure that it's just my lack of experience here,
> but any assitance would be appreciated...
> 
> oh btw i did made the /mnt/wincrap directory, my gut feeling is that the
> problem is in me just making the directory and maybe needing to do something
> more than merely mkdir

mkdir is sufficient.

Make sure you have your network setup correctly first.
Start out with something more simple.

Can you ping the Win98 box from Linux?
Can you ping the Linux box from Win98?
Can you telnet or ftp into your Linux box from Win98?

Also you said you did (using copy & paste):
  smbmount / /mfalcon/website /mnt/wincrap

That is technically incorrect.  I don't know if you
just made a typo in this email, but if you typed the
command exactly like that it'll fail.  It should be:
  smbmount //mfalcon/website /mnt/wincrap
No space between the double slashes!

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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