Re: mount: unknown filesystem type 'nfs'
On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 12:25:41PM -0500, Dan Fulbright wrote:
> >>When I try to mount an NFS filesystem, I get this error:
> >>
> >>mount: unknown filesystem type 'nfs'
> >>
> >>Here's the mount command I'm using on host2:
> >>
> >>mount host1.domain.com:/tmp /mnt
> >>
> >>On host1.domain.com, I have this in /etc/exports:
> >>
> >>/tmp host2.domain.com(ro,sync)
> >
> >Do a `grep nfs /proc/filesystems' and see what you get back. This will
> >let you know if currently there is nfs support.
> >
> >If nothing, try `modprobe nfs' and give it another shot. If that doesn't
> >work, make sure that NFS client support was actually included with your
> >kernel build.
>
> Here's what I get:
>
> rh2:~# grep nfs /proc/filesystems
> rh2:~# modprobe nfs
> modprobe: Can't locate module nfs
>
> >Is your kernel custom, debian built, etc?
>
> AFAIK, it's a stock Debian kernel (I didn't do the actual install):
>
> 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
>
> This machine didn't exist in May 2004, so the kernel certainly wasn't
> built on this machine. Sorry, but I'm not familiar enough with Debian
> (yet) to find out what kernel package I have installed.
>
Have you actually checked that you have NFS support? What does
grep NFS /boot/config*
give you?
--
David Jardine
"Running Debian GNU/Linux and
loving every minute of it." -L. von Sacher-M.(1835-1895)
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