I use my Quantact VPS for testing of various things, and sshfs-fuse is one of those things. Here's what I did to get it going:
apt-get install sshfs - installed but module probe failed apt-get install linux-modules-2.6.18-4-xen-686
No go, still getting this error:
root@vps:~# modprobe -l FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.16-xen/modules.dep: No such file or directory
Maybe this will help?
apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-4-686
Had to run:
echo 'do_initrd=yes' >> /etc/kernel-img.conf;
Nope, now trying:
wget http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2006/08/20/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6.16/linux-modules-2.6.16-2-xen-686_2.6.16-18_i386.deb dpkg -i linux-modules*
Oh wait now we're getting somewhere:
http://www.quantact.com/wiki/index.php/How_to_compile_kernel_modules
Cool, their wiki is actually useful! Very good to know.
The Solution
Beautiful! The pre-built 2.6-16-xen kernel modules provided by Quantact did the trick, it works now and I'm able to mount remote directories via ssh. Totally cool.