NFS problem AGAIN -- it still does not work

[Stephen Thudium]

I'm still having problems with NFS, although different.

As Patrice Bouchand suggested (Thanks Patrice!), my earlier problem appears to have been a kernel problem.  So, I ran "yum 'update" and got the latest kernel.

However, now when I try to mount the client, I get the following error:
    mount: mount to NFS server '192.168.1.200' failed: System Error: No route to host.

Any ideas?  

Maybe my procedure (described below in earlier email) is wrong.  Is there a HOWTO that explains the correct way to setup a NFS server and client?

Thanks,
Steve 

 
On Sunday, December 23, 2007, at 02:26PM, "Stephen Thudium" <sthudium at mac.com> wrote:
>I get the following error message when I try to mount an NFS directory on the client host.
>
>[root at localhost ~]# mount -t nfs 192.168.1.200:/home/backup /mnt/nfs
>mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on 192.168.1.200:/home/backup,
>       missing codepage or other error
>       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
>       dmesg | tail  or so
>
>The above error message comes up immmediately so I think the problem is in the client and not the server.
>
>I have two Macs, both with YDL 5.0.2 installed.  The client is a '03 G4 Powerbook (192.168.1.201) and the server is a '03 iMac (192.168.1.200).
>
>The setup seemed simple enough.  On the server I added the following line to /etc/exports
>/home/backup      192.168.1.201(rw,sync)
>
>At the server I then started NFS with the following commands
># service portmap start
># service nfs start
># service nfslock start
>
>At the client I then started NFS with the same commands and then tried the command I listed at top of this email.
>
>I know the client does talk to the server because I can establish ssh from the client to the server.
>
>Does aanyone have a recommended procedure for me to follow?  Is there a NFS HOWTO (for server and client) that I could use?  I read the NFS HOWTO on the TerraSoft website and that was totally inappropriate; it only mentioned a Solaris client.
>
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