Unable to mount Unraid user share as smb under Ubuntu 7.10

[cheezdog]

Hello all,

 

I've had an Unraid server set up and working for over a year now. It houses all of my media files and has been working well with the windows boxes in my house. Recently, I set up a linux box using Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10). I'm currently using gnome as the desktop. When I try to access anything on the Unraid server using mplayer or vlc, they just don't play. I have read that is has something to do with gnome-vfs(?) and that I can mount the Unraid share as smb to try and get it to work. So...I've made a directory /media/video to set as the mount point and I run the following command:

 

sudo mount -t smbfs //tower/Video /media/video

 

with Video being a share on the Unraid server named 'tower'.

 

I seem to get the following error:

 

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //tower/Video,

      missing codepage or helper program, or other error

      In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try

      dmesg | tail  or so

 

I'm pretty new to linux. Am I doing this the right way? What else am I missing?

 

Your help is greatly appriciated,

 

Scott

 

Edit...I'm running Unraid version 4.2.beta4.

[cheezdog]

Well...I fixed it. Upon doing more research, I found that I needed to install smbfs. I was sure it was already installed, but...After installing smbfs, I was able to mount the necessary shares from my Unraid to the new linux box.

 

Thanks!

 

Scott