[mythtv-users] [Slightly OT] CIFS + Fedora Core 1 + Jarrod's guide?

ANthony anthonybenjamin at gmail.com
Sat Jul 24 23:30:40 EDT 2004


I'm pretty green :-p, how would I go about attempting this?

Thanks!

On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 21:47:40 -0400, Ijaaz A. Ullah
<ijaaz at digitalmethods.com> wrote:
> Since you're just applying a patch, couldn't you just compile the cifs
> module and copy it into your current /lib/modules dir?
> 
> 
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> Subject: [mythtv-users] [Slightly OT] CIFS + Fedora Core 1 + Jarrod's guide?
> 
> In an attempt at figuring out problems I'm having with samba shares
> and 4GB+ files (DVD isos), I read that using CIFS will eliminate any
> of the old samba filesize limits. So I attempted to mount with mount
> -t cifs //server/share /localmnt and I see:
> 
> mount error: cifs filesystem not supported by the system
> 
> So I can only assume that Axel's kernel does not include the relevant
> patches for CIFS. Then I downloaded the patch for CIFS
> (http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/samba/cifs-cvs/cifs24.87.patch) I
> patched it into Axel's linux-2.4.22-1.2166.nptl_35.rhfc1.at, then I
> did make mrproper, then I copied over the old .config from the /boot
> folder, ran make menuconfig, and activated CIFS. Then I did make dep,
> and then make bzImage && make modules modules_install. Unfortunately,
> the modules make bombs out at i2c. With a message similar to this:
> 
> depmod:         scx200_gpio_base_R254e5667
> 
> with 3 different failings, all related to scx200.
> 
> My question is, what does this mean? I've googled for this particular
> failure, and none really had a solution. Is there an easier way to add
> CIFS support to Axel's 2.4 kernel?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help :)
> 
> --Anthony
> 
> 
> 
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