On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 07:38 -0700, ramb@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > I just tried to export the root device from A, in /etc/exports: > > /dev/VG/root B(rw,sync) > > and then on B I tried this: > > mount -t nfs A:/dev/VG/root /mnt/tmp1 > mount: A:/dev/VG/root failed, reason given by server: Not a directory > > Maybe the samba idea is looking better... > > -Ram > Don't you mean the root directory?? So the /etc/exports file should look like this. / B(rw,sync,norootsquash) and you create your mount point. /mnt/tmp1 then mount it as. mount B:/ /mnt/tmp1 That should work, as I use a similar type of config and it works fine. And just make sure that the NFS ports are open in the firewall. Wolf
