Hi Owen, Thank you so much for your guidance. Based on your instruction, I found out the following:
1. /sbin/mount.nfs does not exist in the client machine and server machine 2. I can mount locally on the server machine with no problem. What could have gone wrong? Thanks, Pete On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Owen Townend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 21/04/2008, Pete Kay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Here is the result for the two commands: > > > > ser:# dmesg |tail > > EXT3 FS on hda1, internal journal > > loop: loaded (max 8 devices) > > device-mapper: ioctl: 4.7.0-ioctl (2006-06-24) initialised: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > NET: Registered protocol family 10 > > lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions > > IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver > > ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF] > > ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB] > > lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). > > ppdev: user-space parallel port driver > > > > ser:# apt-get install nfs-common > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > nfs-common is already the newest version. > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. > > > > I think the nfs-common is already installed... > > > > > > > > Pete > > > > Hey, > Looks ok so far, more things to check: > Does /sbin/mount.nfs exist? > if you add/change the server line to > /var/fs 127.0.0.1(rw,sync) > and re-export can you mount this locally on the server? > debian:# mount localhost:/var/fs /mnt > > Also, in your initial email, either the output of `exportfs` > was truncated or the export isn't working as it should be > listed in the output. Try reloading and/or restarting the > nfs-server: > debian:# invoke-rc.d nfs-kernel-server reload > (or nfs-user-server) > > cheers, > Owen. > >
