Re: NFS Installation
On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 01:14:42PM -0500, Causey, James F. wrote:
> I'm trying to install Debian 3.0 from a locally constructed Sun workstation
> repository that's sharing the directory through NFS. I cannot get the
> Debian system to understand the construct system.domain:/hldirectory/debian
> as the NFS station. If I telnet in and try to mount the share, I get a
> "failed: Invalid argument" message. I can mount the same share on a RedHat
> 7.2 system with no problems. I've successfully loaded the system from the
> www.degian.org <http://www.degian.org> distro, but would like to use this
> local one, if possible.
>
> One thing I can think of is that the Debian system isn't in the DNS as yet.
> I've added the IP address and the system name to the /etc/hosts file, but
> wonder if that has any effect in this instance. The RedHat system IS in the
> DNS table.
Did you tell the installer to load the nfs filesystem support module in
the kernel/driver config step?
If not, the installer won't be able to mount type nfs.
I hope that is the problem and helps.
Lennart Sorensen
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