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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs _______________________________________________ Please note that nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is being discontinued. Please subscribe to linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx instead. http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-nfs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
