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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!news.corp.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!not-for-mail From: Mark Boyns <boyns@sdsu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: NFS Problem Date: 28 Apr 1997 07:28:33 -0700 Organization: San Diego State University Lines: 13 Message-ID: <x0sp0bkyr2.fsf@sdsu.edu> References: <5k26vs$mu4$2@info.cs.uofs.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: doctor.sdsu.edu X-URL: http://www.sdsu.edu/~boyns/ X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.4.48/Emacs 19.34 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5857 28 Apr 1997 bill@cs.uofs.edu writes: > I tried bringing up NFS between two NetBSD 1.2 boxes. When I do a > "showmount -e" it says the file is exported properly but if I try to > mount it all I get is a really long wait and eventually a "NFS Server > not responding" message. And there appears to be no way to kill the > mount_nfs command at this point either requiring that the machine be > rebooted to clear it. Is there something beyond the setting in netstart > needed to start NFS?? Make sure the NFS server is running mountd and nfsd. On the client you should consider using the bg and intr mount options.