Re: mount: unknown filesystem type 'nfs'
On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 06:23:19PM -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?
>
> It gives me nothing, but it also gives me nothing on host1, where NFS is
> working fine.
In what way is it working fine? I though the whole point was that
you couldn't mount it on a client?
--
David Jardine
"Running Debian GNU/Linux and
loving every minute of it." -L. von Sacher-M.(1835-1895)
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