betatux:/etc # cat exports # See the exports(5) manpage for a description of the syntax of this file. # This file contains a list of all directories that are to be exported to # other computers via NFS (Network File System). # This file used by rpc.nfsd and rpc.mountd. See their manpages for details # on how make changes in this file effective.
/cdrom (ro,insecure,all_squash) betatux:/etc # And yes can nfs mount from another machine Ralph > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Thornton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 12:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Linux under vm > > On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 12:30, Noll, Ralph wrote: > > here is my ls of the cd > > Well, it's mounted on /cdrom (really /media/cdrom. Hmm.) > What is in /etc/exports? > > You might want to tell the installer that you're mounting > /media/cdrom, rather than /cdrom. I think "debian" in that > directory is going to turn out to be a symlink to ".", so > whether or not there's a debian there may not make a difference. > > Can you just plain NFS mount the CDROM from another machine > (that is, don't even worry about the installation at this > point, just do an NFS mount and make sure you can see it) ? > The NFS server may be restricting connections somehow. > > Adam > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access > instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390