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kept getting error when using hostname (DNS entry or hosts file) in fstab for a CIFS share;

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //SDDSKBLK/Share,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
(for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might
need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program)
In some cases useful info is found in syslog – try
dmesg | tail  or so

First I installed smbfs. This changed the error to;

mount error(5): Input/output error

I found that the hostname had to match the machine name to clear this.

e.g.

BAD – //someothernamedefinedinhostsfile/share /mnt/share

OK – //actaulHostNameOfServer/share /mnt/share