Re: mount: unknown filesystem type 'nfs'

[Dan Fulbright <dan@fulbrights.org>]

> > > > 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?

It gives me nothing, but it also gives me nothing on host1, where NFS is 
working fine.

--df

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