Thanks William,
The wonder of Linux is that it has so many options and
'buttons.' But, alas, it is also a hurdle for
learning.
I'll try the things you have suggested. Thanks for
your help.
Kevin
--- Wong Weng Yee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On the point of nfs server version. If you are
> using an nfs server of
> version 3.0. Specify in the mount prompt nfsvers=3.
> If it is 2.0,
> specify in the mount prompt nfsvers=2. If you still
> have an error
> mounting, it may be the linux client nfs client
> tools are too out of
> date in which you may have to update it.
>
> william
>
> On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 06:41, Kevin Toppenberg wrote:
> > Hello all. This question is for you Linux guru's
> out
> > there.
> >
> > As part of my project to export data from my old
> > system, I am having trouble with small hard drives
> on
> > my old AIX server. I want to get around this
> problem
> > by mounting a remote drive from a linux server.
> >
> > I have been trying to follow the linux NFS HowTo.
> But
> > as usual I only understand about half of what I
> read.
> >
> > I gotten to the point where I can mount the drive
> > locally:
> > mount localhost:/var/nfs/aix /mnt/tmp
> > And it works as expected.
> >
> > Because working with an AIX server might
> complicate
> > matters, I decided to first get the remote drive
> > mounted on a second linux computer. All these
> > computers might be confusing, so I'll list them
> >
> > 1. Linux NFS server ("vpn")
> > 2. AIX client
> > 3. Linux test client
> >
> > I think I have added the appropriate ip addresses
> to
> > the hosts.allow file. Also, I used the RH9 graphic
> > setup for NFS on the NFS server.
> >
> > At first I was getting an error on the Test Client
> box
> > about the connection being refused. So I added a
> hole
> > in my iptables to let the signal through:
> > iptables -I INPUT 1 -j ACCEPT -s
> > 192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0
> > This should allow communication from all units on
> my
> > local network but still keep out the internet (I
> > think).
> >
> > But now when I try to mount from the linux test
> > client, I am getting the following:
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# mount vpn:/var/nfs/aix /mnt/tmp
> > mount: RPC: Program not registered
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]#
> >
> > Can anyone help?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Kevin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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