I tried posting the following in linux.samba but I didn't get any answer.
Since I have had only good experiences with posting here among the
comparably lerned slackware followers I will try it here again (besides I
use Slackware 9.1 and shouldn't that count for something altough my
question isn't directly related to just slackware).

I have downloaded the Linux CIFS VFS 0.9.9a. I followed the instructions
and patched the kernel and copied the files to fs-directory. Then I
compiled the kernel with CIFS support into the
kernel (not as a module). I remade the modules and installed them. I also
downloaded the premade mount.cifs utility and placed it in /sbin. After
rebooting I tried mounting a share on my
Windows Server 2003 by using the following line

mount -t cifs //192.168.200.2/f$ /mnt/net1 -o user=xxxxx,pass=xxxxxx
and the reply was
mount error: cifs filesystem not supported by the system
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)

I used tcpdump to try to see if any traffic occured between the Win2k3
server and my linux system. As far as I understood the dump there was none.

I am a bit confused as to which system it is that doesn't support the cifs
filesystem. Is it my Win2k3 server or my linux system?

Might I have made an error using the Linux CIFS VFS 0.9.9a only? Should I
have downloaded and compiled the full Samba package?

Any help would be appreciated.

Stefan Axling