Osamu, Thanks for the help and pointers to the documents. I don't have any of the files you listed, although I can do man rpc and man portmap and get the man pages.
So, from page 97 of your reference manual: knuth:/etc# apt-get install nfs Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: Couldn't find package nfs I know apt-get works because I just picked up the nano and e3 editors. Suggestions ?? -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 12:17:54AM -0700, David Smead wrote: > > I'm not on the list, so please cc me. > > > > Why can't I find a simple answer when I search for `starting nfs' on the > > Debian site? I'd like to get nfs started and show up in some form when I > > do a ps ax |grep nfs, but I'm stymied. Man nfs is no help either. What > > am I missing? > > See DDP page like URL indicated below. > > You need to install one of the nfs packages or activate kernel modules. > > Then fix /etc/exports and other files. Good luck :) > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]