NFS problem AGAIN -- it still does not work

[Aaron Johnson]

Stephen Thudium wrote:
> 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.
>   
This implies that the system does not know how to even contact the other 
machine, AKA can you ping the other machine from the the one you are 
trying to connect from?

Aaron
> 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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