Re: mount: unknown filesystem type 'nfs'

[Marty <martyb@ix.netcom.com>]

Dan Fulbright wrote:
> > > When I try to mount an NFS filesystem, I get this error:
> > >
> > > mount: unknown filesystem type 'nfs'
> >
> > Something must not be loaded.  What do you get by running "rpcinfo -p"?
> >
> > For comparison, here's what I get:
> >
> > marty@algernon:~$ rpcinfo -p
> >    program vers proto   port
> >     100000    2   tcp    111  portmapper
> >     100000    2   udp    111  portmapper
> >     100021    1   udp   1024  nlockmgr
> >     100021    3   udp   1024  nlockmgr
> >     391002    2   tcp    605  sgi_fam
> >     100024    1   udp    676  status
> >     100024    1   tcp    679  status
> >     100003    2   udp   2049  nfs
> >     100003    2   tcp   2049  nfs
> >     100005    1   udp   2048  mountd
> >     100005    2   udp   2048  mountd
> >     100005    1   tcp   2048  mountd
> >     100005    2   tcp   2048  mountd
>
> On host1 (the server), I get:
>     program vers proto   port
>      100000    2   tcp    111  portmapper
>      100000    2   udp    111  portmapper
>      100024    1   udp    876  status
>      100024    1   tcp    879  status
>      100003    2   udp   2049  nfs
>      100021    1   udp  47040  nlockmgr
>      100021    3   udp  47040  nlockmgr
>      100005    1   udp    868  mountd
>      100005    1   tcp    871  mountd
>      100005    2   udp    868  mountd
>      100005    2   tcp    871  mountd
>
> On host2 (the client), I get:
>     program vers proto   port
>      100000    2   tcp    111  portmapper
>      100000    2   udp    111  portmapper
>      100024    1   udp    704  status
>      100024    1   tcp    707  status

Lack of mountd here is suspicious, because its mount that's not
recognizing nfs (apparently, not that I'm any nfs expert.)  You
can try to manually start its init script in /etc/init.d/.   (I've
got one file there called mountnfs.sh, which may be the one you need.)

> So, it looks like you might be right. The two machines are nearly 
> identical. I didn't do the actual install of Debian, and I just noticed 
> that they are running different kernel versions:
>
> host1:~# uname -a
> Linux host1.domain.com 2.4.23 #5 SMP Tue Feb 10 08:06:33 CST 2004 i686 
> GNU/Linux
>
> host2:~# uname -a
> Linux host2.domain.com 2.4.26-bf2.4 #1 SMP Wed May 26 08:34:11 PDT 2004 
> i686 GNU/Linux