RE: [mu TECH]

From: Jim Mchugh (jim.mchugh@dowdingandmills.com)
Date: Wed Apr 10 2002 - 09:40:00 CEST


Michele,

Many thanks for your quick reply!

On point 2, the 100Mbit ethernet card install:

I have enter nothing after the > prompt.

Is this correct?

Or do I have to enter '' after the > prompt?

Please help!!!

Many thanks!!!

Jim Mchugh

-----Original Message-----
From: Michele Andreoli [mailto:m.andreoli@tin.it]
Sent: 09 April 2002 17:18
To: mulinux@sunsite.dk
Subject: Re: [mu TECH]

On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 11:08:44AM +0100, Jim Mchugh wrote:
>
> Hello!!!

Welcome on the list.

>
> I downloaded and installed muLinux at the weekend, and was stunned!!!
>
> What a piece of work!
>
> The config / setup pages work brilliantly, apart from a few ommissions
(see
> below)...

> Just a few questions:
>
> 1) Where do I change the hostname? I want to use it as a simple Samba file
> server, but need a specific hostname. I thought it would be in the SMBD
> setup but no. Any ideas?

the hostname is in setup/network, with other values shared by every
network interface (ppp, plip, etc.)

>
> 2) As I say, I want to use this system as a NAS Fileserver. Because of
this
> I would like to use a 100Mbit network card. I set the system up with a
> NE2000 and it worked fine. I have now tried a 3Com 3C905 (3c90x) and an
> Intel EtherExpress 100B (eepro100) card and I cannot make either work.
When
> I go into the setup -> eth0 configuration and select the correct network
> module it still asks me for a IO address and an IRQ. Surely these cards
> don't need these being PnP. I leave the field blank and it tells me that
the
> card is "not well configured". Help!!!!!

Put blank in the field, when setup ask you them.

>
> 3) Once the server is working, I would like to be able to see the muLinux
> server from the Network Neighbourhood in Windows. To do this I need to set
> the Workgroup and Domain in Samba to my domain. Where are these
> settings?????

in /etc/samba, but currenlty I cannot find them, sorry.
Anyway, inspect the module /setup/fun/smbd.fun.

Michele

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