Hello J. R. Okajima, I really appreciate your fast response to my query. Being new to aufs, the following are the info i have running aufs as root filesystem: Kernel: Linux puppypc 2.6.28.9 #1 SMP Thu Aug 27 20:39:59 GMT-8 2009 i686 GNU/Linux lsmod: aufs 135036 1 quashfs 44036 1 sqlzma 4100 1 squashfs unlzma 5376 1 sqlzma dot config from the source kernel: CONFIG_AUFS_FS=m CONFIG_AUFS_BRANCH_MAX_127=y CONFIG_AUFS_HINOTIFY=y CONFIG_AUFS_EXPORT=y CONFIG_AUFS_BDEV_LOOP=y CONFIG_NFS_FS=m CONFIG_NFS_V3=y CONFIG_NFS_V4=y CONFIG_NFSD=m CONFIG_NFSD_V3=y CONFIG_NFSD_V4=y CONFIG_LOCKD=m CONFIG_LOCKD_V4=y CONFIG_EXPORTFS= CONFIG_NFS_COMMON=y CONFIG_SUNRPC=m CONFIG_SUNRPC_GSS=m Lines from my init script (initrd.gz) at first stage booting: mount -t tmpfs -o size=75% tmpfs /tmpfs/aufs/rw udhcpc -i eth0 mount -t nfs 192.168.5.100:/aufs/rw/fatdog /nfs -o nolock,ro mount -t squashfs /nfs/pup_112.sfs /tmpfs/aufs/ro -o loop mount -t aufs -o br:/tmpfs/aufs/rw=rw:/tmpfs/ aufs/ro=ro aufs /tmpfs/rootfs mkdir -p /tmpfs/rootfs/aufs /tmpfs/rootfs/aufs/ro /tmpfs/rootfs/aufs/rw mount -o move /tmpfs/aufs/rw /tmpfs/rootfs/aufs/rw mount -o move /tmpfs/aufs/ro /tmpfs/rootfs/aufs/ro exec switch_root /tmpfs/rootfs /sbin/init My /etc/exports file which works: /aufs/rw/fatdog [1]192.168.5.100/255.255.255.0(ro,insecure,no_root_squash,fsid=0) Suppose to be my /etc/exports file which is not mountable: /fatdog [2]192.168.5.100/255.255.255.0(ro,insecure,no_root_squash,fsid=0) Thank you very much. rxd
References 1. http://192.168.5.100/255.255.255.0%28ro,insecure,no_root_squash,fsid=0%29 2. http://192.168.5.100/255.255.255.0%28ro,insecure,no_root_squash,fsid=0%29
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