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[Bodo Wenzel <question79114@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

New question #79114 on ncpfs in ubuntu:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ncpfs/+question/79114

We are running Hardy in a virtual machine, really fine. The system is attached to a local network, mostly Windows stations, and some Novell servers.

After installing the packages "ipx" and "ncpfs" I can't mount volumes on a Novell server, getting the message "No such device in mount(2)". The network protocol to use is IPX.

This is what I did and tried (all commands as root, words in [] were replaced by real values):

- Install "ipx" and "ncpfs" via Aptitude, few additional packages were added. The setup ran automatically.
- Setup IPX: 'ipx_configure --auto_interface=on --auto_primary=on'
- Made sure that the system sees the server: 'slist' - result is fine.
- Created a directory as mount point.
- Tried to mount all volumes via 'ncpmount -S [servername] -U [username] -P [password] [mountpoint]' - no success, error is "No such device in mount(2)".
- Made sure that the system can connect to the server: 'nwfsinfo -S [servername] -d' - it reported among other stuff 'NetWare 4.11'.
- Looked which filesystems are active: 'cat /proc/filesystems' - the "ncpfs" is missing.
- Retried all (but the install ;-) after reboot to no avail.

So I think IPX and the network is working as expected. From searching several sources, including "help.ubuntu.com", it seems that the kernel misses the support for ncpfs. Is this assumption correct?

What steps could I try next?


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