As far as I know, Robert and I all failed to make nfs4 work on FC2. Robert made it work on FC1. I haven't got a chance to play FC1 yet. I copy&paste Robert's email in the following if you would like to try FC1. Good luck. Weijie From: "Robert" <kerplop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <wzhang@xxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 11:10 AM Subject: Re: nfs4 on Fedora Core 2 > Weijie Zhang wrote: > > Hello: > > > > I have been trying to use nfs4 on Fedora Core 2. I just installed Fedora > > Core 2 on my two boxes. On one box I wanted to use as nfs server, I > > created a directory /pub (and even chmod 777) and export it. The line in > > /etc/exports reads as "/pub *(rw,no_root_squash)". I started nfs by > > "service nfs start" and "rpcinfo -p" showed me that nfs4 are in service. > > But if I tried from the other box, say by runing "mount -t nfs4 > > server:/pub /mountpoint", the mount failed and I got an error of > > "mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on server:/pub, > > or too many mounted file systems." > > > > I even tried to clean /var/lib/nfs/rmtab on the server so that > > "showmount -a server" sees nothing and tried again, I still got > > that that error. Should I modify /etc/fstab, /etc/filesystems etc? > > > > uname shows "Linux NfsClientBox 2.6.5.1.358 #1 Sat May 8 09:04:50 EDT > > 2004 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux". > > > > There is no problem for me to mount the share as nfs version 2 and nfs > > version 3. > > Perhaps. > > Sadly, the resolution to which I referred in this list at 00:22 UDT on > June 13 consisted of wiping out FC-2, reinstalling FC-1 and using > exactly the same entries in the fstab for mounting the vfat partitions > and exactly the same /etc/exports entries for exporting them. > > I sincerely hope your results with FC-2 are better than mine. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Doutreleau" <Eric.Doutreleau@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 11:38 AM Subject: setting up NFSV4 > Hi > > does someone has some pointer or information on how to setup the client > and server part of NFSV4? > > I saw that it was supported on Fedora core 2 but didn"t found any > documentation to set it up. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
