Try exporting the individual subdirectories. I've run across this sort of NFS weirdness before. You can only directly mount the exported directory, not the ones under it.
I know someone is going to tell us it isn't supposed to work this way, but I've been down this road before. > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > James Melin > Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 1:17 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [LINUX-390] SLES9 install stuff - more weirdness > > > I had gotten things to work NFS wise, the GUI installer was > fine until It > asked for CD2. Well there was no CD 2 in the > /data/SLES9/sles9root/sles9/ > path, just CD1. That's also where I found the initrd, > parmfile etc..... So > I dug around some and found /data/SLES9/sles9root/core9/CD1 > (CD1, etc etc) > > When I attempted to supply /data/SLES9/sles9root/core9/CD1 as > the path for > NFS, it complained that it was not the correct path. > > My NFS server on the installation server allowed me to NFS > mount that path > on another Linux, so that is OK. I know the NFS part is set > up correctly. > > The path being exposed on NFS is: > exportfs > /data/SLES9/sles9root/core9 > <world> > > > So I tried FTP. When it appeared to accept the path and ask > me if I wanted > X-Window, VNC or SSH, I picked 2 as usual, and entered the > password I use > for an installation VNC server. What happened next is > strange. Rather, what > DIDN'T happen. I didn't get the message that VNC server > started and to go > to {ip address}:1 with a VNC client or go to {ipaddress}:5801 with a > browser. > Instead this is what the screen showed. > > 1) X-Window > 2) VNC (VNC-Client or Java enabled Browser) > 3) ssh > Choice:2 > Please enter the Password for VNC-Access (6 to 8 characters):foobar > ramdisk /dev/ram0 freed > >>> SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 installation program v1.6.36 (c) > 1996-2004 SU > SE LINUX AG <<< > SCSI subsystem initialized > st: Version 20040318, fixed bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256 > Starting hardware detection... > > Searching > for > info file... > Main Menu > 1) Settings > 2) System Information > 3) Kernel Modules (Hardware Drivers) > > MORE... ZVM3 > > > This has me flummoxed. NFS won't fly, and FTP won't > 'continue' properly > for VNC. Any ideas would be most highly appreciated. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -------------------------------------------------------- If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, copy, retain or redistribute it. Click here for important additional terms relating to this e-mail. http://www.ml.com/email_terms/ -------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
