NFS now works!! I found my mistake: I needed to disable IPtables at the server.
Thanks, everyone for your help. BTW, I would be willing to write a NFS HOWTO, if anyone can use that. Steve On Thursday, January 03, 2008, at 02:27PM, "Aaron Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Stephen Thudium wrote: >> I'm still having problems with NFS, although different. >> >> As Patrice Bouchand suggested (Thanks Patrice!), my earlier problem appears >> to have been a kernel problem. So, I ran "yum 'update" and got the latest >> kernel. >> >> However, now when I try to mount the client, I get the following error: >> mount: mount to NFS server '192.168.1.200' failed: System Error: No >> route to host. >> >This implies that the system does not know how to even contact the other >machine, AKA can you ping the other machine from the the one you are >trying to connect from? > >Aaron >> Any ideas? >> >> Maybe my procedure (described below in earlier email) is wrong. Is there a >> HOWTO that explains the correct way to setup a NFS server and client? >> >> Thanks, >> Steve >> >> >> On Sunday, December 23, 2007, at 02:26PM, "Stephen Thudium" <[EMAIL >> PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I get the following error message when I try to mount an NFS directory on >>> the client host. >>> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# mount -t nfs 192.168.1.200:/home/backup /mnt/nfs >>> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on >>> 192.168.1.200:/home/backup, >>> missing codepage or other error >>> In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try >>> dmesg | tail or so >>> >>> The above error message comes up immmediately so I think the problem is in >>> the client and not the server. >>> >>> I have two Macs, both with YDL 5.0.2 installed. The client is a '03 G4 >>> Powerbook (192.168.1.201) and the server is a '03 iMac (192.168.1.200). >>> >>> The setup seemed simple enough. On the server I added the following line >>> to /etc/exports >>> /home/backup 192.168.1.201(rw,sync) >>> >>> At the server I then started NFS with the following commands >>> # service portmap start >>> # service nfs start >>> # service nfslock start >>> >>> At the client I then started NFS with the same commands and then tried the >>> command I listed at top of this email. >>> >>> I know the client does talk to the server because I can establish ssh from >>> the client to the server. >>> >>> Does aanyone have a recommended procedure for me to follow? Is there a NFS >>> HOWTO (for server and client) that I could use? I read the NFS HOWTO on >>> the TerraSoft website and that was totally inappropriate; it only mentioned >>> a Solaris client. >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> yellowdog-newbie mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie >> > >_______________________________________________ >yellowdog-newbie mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie > > _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
