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From: cp01395@dcsc.dla.mil (Duane L. Rezac)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: NFS server in 386bsd
Message-ID: <1764@dcsc.dla.mil>
Date: 12 Feb 93 18:30:48 GMT
References: <1la8tu$gun@bigboote.WPI.EDU>
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>From article <1la8tu$gun@bigboote.WPI.EDU>, by wtw@elm.WPI.EDU (William T. Warner):
> Hi -
>    I'm running a network between (only) two 386bsd machines.
> The network works fine with FTP, Telnet, X, etc.  But, I
> cannot get NFS running between them.  When I try to get
> the NFS server started (either in the /etc/rc file, or manually),
> after I start portmap, mountd quits with "...Can't register mount",
> and nfsd quits with "...Can't register with portmap".
>    My kernel does have the NFS option enabled (at build time).
> And my /etc/exports is valid, I believe.  The kernel uses
> the current (beta?) patchkit.
> 
>    Does anyone have any ideas?  It's probably something simple;  I'm 
> fairly novice when it comes to Unix networking.  Any pointers
> are appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Bill
> 
> -- 
> Bill Warner      | Worcester Polytechnic Institute, CS graduate program.
> wtw@wpi.wpi.edu  | ** Happy OS/2 2.x and 386BSD user **


Have you configured the lo0 loopback interface? I had this save
problem, and I had to get the loopback interfact working before 
I was able to do nfs mounts. 

In /etc/networks, I have the entry: 

localhost.cscppppc8.dcsc.dla.mil 127.1

where cscppppc8.dcsc.dla.mil is my pc's network name.

and in /etc/netstart: 

ifconfig lo0 inet localhost
route add $hostname localhost


After I had the localhost interface running, I was able to get the
nfs mounts to work.


Duane L. Rezac

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| Duane L. Rezac |These views are my own, and NOT representitive of my place|
|    drezac@dcsc.dla.mil                                  of Employment.    |
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