mount of nfs hanging

quartz · n00b Joined: 13 Jun 2003 Posts: 8

hey all,

I have setup an NFS server on my RedHat linux box. When I get to my Gentoo laptop, I try to mount the remote fs like so:

nightcanton · Apprentice Joined: 26 Feb 2003 Posts: 249

Make sure you have NFS enabled in your kernel.

More than likely you forgot to compile that in.

Look under Filesystems-->Network filesystems-->>

quartz · n00b Joined: 13 Jun 2003 Posts: 8

Does NFS need to be enabled in the kernel even the client too? and if so, what version (4 / 5)? will it make a difference...?

thanks

quartz · n00b Joined: 13 Jun 2003 Posts: 8

i made sure nfs was enabled in the kernel and rebuilt it. unfortunately, that didn't seem to solve the problem. any else encounter this hang?

thanks!

sieter · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 111

did you start your portmapper?
/etc/init.d/portmap start

purity · n00b Joined: 23 Jun 2003 Posts: 1

try the following command as root
/etc/init.d/nfsmount start

this starts all the clients services ready for nfs to work
if this works you can make this work everytime you boot by executing the following command

rc-update add nfsmount default

please let me know if this solves your problem

Regards

Purity

nitro322 · Guru Joined: 24 Jul 2002 Posts: 596 Location: USA

I have encountered that problem before, but sieter's suggestion of starting portmap worked for me. Just make sure that it's in your default runlevel and you shouldn't have any problems.