-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Mark Hull-Richter Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 1:19 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: RE: [CentOS] Slightly OT? - How do I set up Win98 to access aprinter on my CentOS box? On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 15:54 -0600, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > >However, I also have a Win98 box on the LAN that I would like to be > >able to print on the CentOS printer. When I try to connect to the > >printer, Win98 tells me that it can't find the network...? > > > >Any suggestions? > > Possibly name resolution issues on the Win98 box? There was no hosts file - I edited the hosts.sam (sample) file and added both machines to it. But there must be more. > Can you resolve a ping using the exact hostname you use for the > printer I can ping the CentOS host by IP address and, now that there's a hosts file, by host name as well. However, Win98 can't see the network at all - claims there isn't one. It is running the M$ client for M$ networks (and for NetBIOS networks, as well), but the network is not getting properly initialized. And now we are definitely sliding OT here (is there a forum where and answer to this can be found?). > (I assume the CentOS box emulates a Lanman printer? Never printed on a CentOS box...). > 'fraid I don't know what that means - the printer is just available to be shared via samba and so should be visible on a M$ network (like in the XP guest?). I'm going to be playing with the Windows box RSN - when I'm done with it, it will have Win98, XP Pro and, of course, CentOS, but there's a fair amount of work to be done before that will work. mhr Have you enabled netbios in the win98 machine? _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos