On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, d. nathan hood wrote: > i am having some problems mounting a remote file system on my computer. > i have PPP up and running and am having no problems with it, but when > i try and mount a remote file system i get an "unknown file system error" > the command i am using is > > mount prophet4.unl.edu:/usr1/user5/nhood /disks/prophets -t nfs
1. the "-t nfs" should come at the start of the line, like so: mount -t nfs prophet4.unl.edu:/usr1/user5/nhood /disks/prophets see 'man mount' for more information. 2. does your kernel support nfs? you have to either have it compiled into the kernel or as a module. if it is compiled into the kernel, you don't need to do any more. if it is compiled as a module, you need to edit /etc/modules and add a line containg "nfs". to load the nfs module by hand without rebooting, type "modprobe nfs" from a root shell. btw, you can check what filesystem types are currently supported in your kernel by typing: cat /proc/filesystems or use the procinfo command. see 'man procinfo'. > also another question, when i try and start a remote application > through X-windows (XFree86) i get an error something about the server > not being able to access the client or the other way around. is there > a file hat i need to edit to allow the two machines to communicate? > again i have tried to find it in the docs and FAQs and have not gotten > much help... xhost is the command you need to use. try 'xhost +remotehostname' to allow remotehostname to use your DISPLAY. craig