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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Mounting NFS file systems.
Date: 22 May 1997 09:51:38 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <Pine.BSI.3.95.970521213458.7218A-100000@gold.interlog.com>,
	Ean Kingston <ean@gold.interlog.com> writes:
> Well, I got the ppp auto dialer working (thanks again Brian).  Now, I
> can't get the NFS to mount at boot time.  It works if I type it
> manually:
> 
> # mount_nfs <host>:/<directory> /<mount point>
> 
> but not if I put it in the fstab file (which is where I think it should
> go based on the mount_nfs and fstab man pages).  I have the following as
> the last line in my fstab file: 
> 
> <host>:/home.1   /h1   nfs   rw   1   2
> 
> any ideas what is wrong or more likely what I have missed?

You could try the -P option.  Maybe the host you're trying to
mount wants a reserved port (I can't remember if this stuff got
into 2.2).  I'd also remove the fsck bit:

<host>:/home.1   /h1   nfs   rw,-P   1

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> Ean Kingston (email: ean@interlog.com)  http://www.interlog.com/~ean/
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> 

-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
      <http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !