Re: Notebook Install from CD on network - problems

["Barry Drake" <bldrake imation com>]

Rob,
I'm using SMB with two Linux boxes and a Win98 box.  I had edit the
/etc/smb.conf file by hand and then reboot.  There are comments in the file
that tell you what needs to be setup.  Also, you need to run the
smbpasswd -a <username> program on your Linux boxes.  It's easier if you use
the SAME user name and password on all you systems when setting things up
the first time.  I didn't have to set up DNS or host names or any of that
stuff.  Keep it simple at first... leave those blank.
Barry

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Hills <rhills medimorphosis com au>
To: redhat-install-list redhat com <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Date: Thursday, October 22, 1998 10:51 AM
Subject: Notebook Install from CD on network - problems


>
>
>Hi,
>
>I am having real trouble getting to first base!  My situation is:
>
>1.      Small network - 1 "server" (Win NT 4 SP3 workstation), 1
>desktop (Win 95) and 1 notebook (Linux hopeful).
>
>2.      Running TCP/IP with fixed IP addresses.  Win NT box is
>192.168.0.2.  Notebook is to be 192.168.0.101
>
>I created the boot & supplemental disks and ran through the install
>process.  The first few times I went for an SMB Installation.  My
>first problem came with the networking setup screens.  IP address
>and netmask were fine.  But what is my name server?  I don't
>actually have one that I know of.  I have Hosts files on each
>machine.  Win NT Workstation doesn't have a DNS server service
>(gotta get NT Server for that).  Nor do I have a default gateway.
>Domain name?
>
>I checked my Win NT box settings.  In Windoze-speak, my
>"Computer Name" is tammar and my "Workgroup" is sandcastle,
>so I went into the DNS settings and put these in for "Host Name"
>and "Domain" respectively.  Then I went hopefully back to the Linux
>install and put in "sandcastle" for domain name and
>"tammar.sandcastle" for host name.
>
>To cut a long story short, when I put in the SMB server name
>(tammar) and the correct share volume, username and password, I
>just got the "something didn't work, try again" (paraphrased) error
>message.  Looking at the other terminals, I noticed on one of them
>a cryptic "running bin/insmod /bin/insmod /modules/smbfs.0
>insmod failed" message.
>
>I have tried numerous times, substituting IP addresses where
>possible, still no luck.
>
>Eventually, I downloaded an FTP server for Windoze and installed
>that on the NT box and tried the FTP install, naively believing I
>could just FTP straight from the CD-ROM.  That got a little further
>(proving that my network card was working), but I then got a huge
>crop of messages saying things like "can't find redhat/RPMS/setup-
>1.9.1-2.noarch.rpm".  Sure enough, when I look on the CD-ROM,
>that file ain't there.  So I gues the FTP setup is looking for different
>files than are on the CD.
>
>Sorry to have such a long whinge, but can somebody put me
>straight?  I must have something basic wrong with my SMB setup,
>but I can't see what it is.
>
>TIA,
>
>
>Rob Hills
>Waikiki, WA
>
>
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