Have you tried using the IP address instead of the name? I had this same problem, and I think that helped. Forrest > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Gray [mailto:egray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 9:44 AM > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Copy files via NFS in post section > > > I am working on a 7.1 kickstart floppy, and it works fine. > > In the post section I'm mounting an NFS server (same one where the > installation source lives, BTW) to copy over a couple files. > > It works but takes a long time. Probably 3-5 minutes. There is a > message on console 3 about portmap timing out. > > Can I do something to speed this up? Like I said, it eventually works > as intended, but it doesn't seem like it should take that long. > > Here is the last chunk of my ks.cfg: > > # mount an NFS server and copy some files from it > mkdir /mnt/custom > mount machine.domain.com:/export /mnt/custom > cp /mnt/custom/ks/file1 /usr/local/bin/ > cp /mnt/custom/ks/file2 /usr/local/bin/ > umount /mnt/custom > > > Thanks, > Eric >
