> -----Original Message-----
> From: hampshire-bounces@??? [mailto:hampshire-
> bounces@???] On Behalf Of Tim Retout
> Sent: 24 February 2010 18:10
> To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Hampshire] jaunty boot procedure
>
> On Sun, 2010-02-21 at 11:00 +0000, Rob Malpass wrote:
> > 1) I’ve always mounted it as smbfs manually but the guide I found
> > on google suggested using cifs
>
> See the 'mount.cifs' man page: http://linux.die.net/man/8/mount.cifs
> And 'smbmount' (mount.smbfs): http://linux.die.net/man/8/smbmount
>
> It's true that the CIFS protocol supersedes SMB, and it's likely that your
> NAS device supports this protocol.
>
> Step one is to check that your /etc/fstab line is correct - try 'mount
> /path/to/mount/point' as root, and see if it works, or what the error is.
> This command reads /etc/fstab, so obviously substitute for the mount point
> you've put in that file.
>
> This should answer whether you have a permissions problem.
>
> Step two is to check whether it works during boot, and to make sure it is
> marked to be mounted automatically (i.e. you haven't added the 'noauto'
> option).
>
> Mount errors could appear in dmesg if the kernel drivers throw an error,
> but I would expect to check /var/log/syslog as well.
>
> --
> Tim Retout <tim@???>
>
Just to say thanks to all for your replies. I've not had time to try them out yet but will do so over the weekend.
Cheers
Rob
