Hi Mikkel. Thank you very much for your answer. I tried with: []# sudo mount -o nfsvers=2 fedoraserver:/home/mydir /home/jonh/server-mydir -t nfs and got the same error message :( On Dec 12, 2007 5:19 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > thomas Armstrong wrote: > > Hi. > > > > Using Ubuntu 7.10 I want to mount a directory shared on a Fedora > > machine with NFS. > > > > On Fedora machine (fedoraserver): > > * edited '/etc/exports' and added: > > ----------- > > /home/mydir/ pc09(rw) > > ----------- > > * /etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs restart > > > > On Ubuntu machine (pc09) > > * mkdir /home/john/server-mydir > > * mount -o nfsvers=2 fedoraserver:/home/mydir /home/jonh/server-mydir > > -o nfsvers=2 > > > > But I get this error message: > > ------- > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on fedoraserver:/home/mydir/, > > missing codepage or helper program, or other error > > ------- > > > > 'fedoraserver' does exist for 'pc09' and 'pc09' does exist for > > 'fedoraserver'. What am I doing wrong? > > > > Thank you very much. > > > A couple of things - first, it looks like you repeated the -o > section. Second, you should try adding "-t nfs". > > Mikkel > -- > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >