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Date:      Wed, 30 Aug 2000 23:42:19 -0700
From:      "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To:        Caleb Walker <caleb.walker@home.com>
Cc:        Vinh Nguyen <vnguyen@quiacorp.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NFS
Message-ID:  <20000830234219.L62475@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>
In-Reply-To: <00083021371601.00427@butthead.walker>; from caleb.walker@home.com on Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 09:32:30PM -0700
References:  <39ADCBD7.7F77B13F@quiacorp.com> <00083021371601.00427@butthead.walker>

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On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 09:32:30PM -0700, Caleb Walker wrote:
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> This is how I mount NFS:
> mount 192.168.1.1:/ /mnt/router
> 
> Here I am mounting the root dir of the machine 192.168.1.1 on the mount
> point of /mnt/router.  I have this in another script in the
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/.  Everytime My machine boots it goes and mounts
> that machine. 

All you need to do to NFS mounts like that automatically is put a line
like,

  192.168.1.1:/         /mnt/router   nfs    rw    0     0

In /etc/fstab.

> In the other machine(the mounted not the mounter) there
> is a file called /etc/exports and thisis where you have to tell it what
> machine can connect and at what point.

portmap or whatever the RPC mapper is called on that machine must be
running. Typically a mountd and nfsd processes must be going too.

> Hope this helps at all.  If not sorry.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Vinh Nguyen wrote:
> > How come I can't mount a directory from a Linux server to a FreeBSD
> > client.
> > I keep getting the error messages:
> >     freebsd1# mount linux:/usr /test
> >     NFS Portmap: RPC: Program not registered

Are portmap and NFS daemons running on the Linux machine?
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.com


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