> I think the last thing I tried was this:
> 
> //currdev/curdev /mnt/xyz smbfs username=MYUSERNAME,password=MYPASSWORD 0 0
> 
> but it didn't work. Does anyone know the right mojo?
That is the proper mojo.  What is the message it gives you when it fails?  Im suspecting you have a path,permission,username,password or smbshare problem :)