Re: nfs problem

[Ed Brown <ebrown lanl gov>]

Did you rename the 'RedHat' directory to 'Redhat'?  I think the
installer wants to see that capital H... 


On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 02:40, gb wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi, I am running rh 8.0 on intel. I am trying out an nfs kickstart for
> the first time. I have gone through the doco - preparation etc.
> 
> My nfs server is 192.168.1.1
> nfs, portmap, nfslockd are running, and all the required rpc processes
> seem to be there. a showmount -e shows that the directory has been
> exported and is available.
> 
> I have:
> copied all the cd stuff from the RedHat dir into a directory called
> /Redhat. 
> made this dir available via /etc/exports (entry = /Redhat *(ro) )
> restarted nfs
> tried nfs mount from same machine before trying the kickstart (I am
> playing) ie from remote machine 
> 
> mount 192.168.1.1:/Redhat /Redhat  
> 
> and this was successful.
> 
> Now when I try the kickstart option of nfs install, I am getting an
> error that says "That directory could not be mounted from the server".
> I input  a static IP of 192.168.1.2, nm 255.255.255.0, gateway
> 192.168.1.1 for the new machine, I input the nfs server ip as
> 192.168.1.1 and the directory as /Redhat.
> 
> I am running iptables, but the entry for this subnet is an allow all
> entry. I have also an entry in /etc/hosts.allow  for this subnet to
> allow all. There doesn't seem to be anything in the log files.
> 
> What have I done wrong?
> 
> 
> 
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