From: kennejs@a.cs.okstate.edu (KENNEDY JAMES SCOT) Subject: NFS troubles Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1993 21:41:03 GMT
First let me say that I'm sorry about causing unneeded traffic in
this newsgroup by asking questions that I should have been able
to figure out for myself. Specifically, I'm referring to my last
post in which I asked why networking on my system wasn't working
anymore after I upgraded to libc 4.3.3. Yesterday I reread the
release note for libc 4.3.3 and I discovered that it indeed
mentioned that you need to move the networking files to /etc.
Somehow or another I missed seeing this when I read the file before.
In the future I will endeavor to carefully read all the release
notes and FAQs before posting to this group. This isn't the first
time that I've had to eat my own words. :-)
I realize that this group gets a lot of traffic so I will try to
minimize my postings by going through all the relevant docs first
and corresponding with people via email. Whenever possible I do
try to figure things out first. As a matter of fact, I've helped
out a number of people myself by way of email...the reverse is also
true. I suggest that other people do the same whenever possible.
BTW, I think the creation of c.o.l.a. was a great idea. If we
didn't have this newsgroup then it would take a lot more time to
wade through c.o.l. to find info on new releases and important
notices. My compliments to the people who thought up this group.
Now here is a *real* problem I'm having. After upgrading to the
new version of mount I've been unable to mount a directory using
NFS. I have my Linux system networked to a Sun 386i. I can't
mount any of the Sun's directories onto my Linux system. When I
was using an old version of mount with .99pl7 (I'm still using
that kernel btw) NFS worked just fine. Now it doesn't. I
understand that a new version of the NFS server has been released.
If I get this then will my problems go away? I suspect that mount
may be the culprit but it's possible that libc 4.3.3 is causing
this problem. Here's what happens when I try to mount a remote
directory:
mount hoek:/disk /mnt
mount: No such file or directory
I telnetted over to the Sun and mounted one of the directories over
on the Linux system (mount stimpy:/ /mnt; stimpy is the name of my
Linux box). This worked just fine. When I try to mount one of the
Sun's volumes onto the Linux system I get the error message above.
Also, I was unable to mount / and /usr. I got the same error message
as before.
I've checked the exports file on the Sun and everything appears to
be in order. This problem is truly puzzling. I'd really appreciate
it if someone could help me out.
Again, let me say that I greatly appreciate all the help that I've
gotten so far. A number of diiferent people told me how to fix
networking and install the new libraries.
---Scott
kennejs@a.cs.okstate.edu