From: Rob Gardner Subject: Re: [NFS] Please help with NFS on Kubuntu Karmic 9.10 Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:38:58 -0700 Message-ID: <4B1AC4E2.10302@hp.com> References: <4B1A9F49.4000606@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: "nfs@lists.sourceforge.net" To: Larry Alkoff Return-path: Received: from neil.brown.name ([220.233.11.133]:44195 "EHLO neil.brown.name" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755287AbZLEUjy (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Dec 2009 15:39:54 -0500 Received: from brown by neil.brown.name with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NH1Q7-0006YU-VC for linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:40:00 +1100 In-Reply-To: <4B1A9F49.4000606@mindspring.com> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Larry Alkoff wrote: > I am unable to connect with Kubuntu netbook remix Karmic 9.10. > > I have seen many posts and articles on this issue. > > The problem seems to be centered around the nfs version being used > and I have placed the following 2 lines in /etc/fstab: > > kata:/ /mnt/kata nfs defaults,noauto,nfsver=2 0 0 > kata:/home /mnt/kata/home nfs defaults,noauto,nfsver=2 0 0 > kata is the netbook server which I am trying to mount on the client > called arriba which runs on Kubuntu 8.04 LSB. > > Most of the posts I have read say to add 'nfsver-2' to the fstab lines. > However on both client and server, cat /proc/filesystems |grep nfs > shows only: > nodev nfs > nodev nfs4 and > nodev nfsd. > > It seems that this problem appears when people upgrade to (K)ubuntu 9.10 > from an earlier version. In my case, this is a new netbook and I loaded > the most recent version Kubuntu 9.10. Efforts to load Kubuntu 8.04 LTS > which I use on my other machines failed - possibly because of the > limited facilities on this small HP 110 Netbook. > > This result happens on both server kata and client arriba. > I don't know that the 'nodev' means. > > I would like to add either nfs2 or nfs3 but have no idea how to specify > this in apt-get or aptitude. > > I'd also like to add that I have used Linux desktops and nfs for years > (mostly on the command line) and believe it's setup correctly. > > Please I am requesting troubleshooting advice. > It's getting really old to have to use a thumb drive to transfer files. > > Larryalk > > > Just pointing out that you do not actually state what the problem is beyond "unable to connect". It might help if you described the symptoms a little further, ie, "I see mount error -13 on the console". For what it's worth, I think the "nodev" thing is a red herring; I see the same thing on my ubuntu server, and I can mount its exported filesystems just fine. Rob Gardner ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs _______________________________________________ Please note that nfs@lists.sourceforge.net is being discontinued. Please subscribe to linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org instead. http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-nfs