(Re-)learning NFS

[Warren Raquel]

I could be mistaken but I think portmap needs to be running as well.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lincoln Peters" <lincoln_peters at hotmail.com>
To: <talk at nblug.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 12:39 PM
Subject: (Re-)learning NFS


> O.K., if I can get my hands on an iMac to test netbooting, I can set up
> netbooting clients so that Intel/AMD-based PC's boot from a volume on the
> server like /pcboot, and Macintoshes boot from a volume like /macboot.  I
> think I can also let them share the same /home volume.  I don't think that
> anyone could rival a system like that using NT or whatever they used as
the
> domain controller for the library iMacs.
>
> The problem now is that I can't remember how I got NFS to work on my old
> server.  I expected it to be easier this time, because I didn't have to do
> anything crazy to fit RedHat 7.2 on the new server (the old server only
had
> 16MB of RAM, this new one has 48MB), but when I try to mount an NFS
volume,
> I find myself getting the following error message and a feeling of Deja
Vu:
> mount: RPC: Timed out
>
> And, yes, nfsd (kernel-space) is running on running on the server, the
> client kernel supports NFS, and there are no firewalls interfering with
> them.  Both computers are using kernel 2.4.9 (as shipped in the most
recent
> RHN errata).
>
> This doesn't make any sense to me.  I already use NFS to share a volume of
> MP3's on my home computers, and it worked perfectly on the first try.  As
> far as I can tell, the setup is identical in both cases, but it doesn't
work
> on my new server.
>
> Can anyone tell me what's going on here?
>
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