Hi - rather a long post, but maybe the details will allow somebody to help
me solve my problem...

I'm running Zipslack from Slack Version 10 on 2 PCs and trying to share
files between them via NFS.
First I found that Zipslack didn't include nfsutils - so I installpkg'd it.

Now it seems that the umsdos filesystem that Zipslack uses just isn't
mountable via nfs.
Has anybody actually done it? And how?

Details of my configuration, and what IS working:
On PC1 192.168.0.2 - Zipslack is installed on my single hard disk - the C:
drive
On PC2 192.168.0.3 - Zipslack is installed on my Zip drive - the D: drive.

From PC1 I have been able to mount the PC2 C: drive via NFS, so I am
confident that I have the basic setup and daemons running OK.

On PC2 I first mounted the C: drive at mountpoint /dosc
fstab entry is:
/dev/hda1 /dosc vfat noexec,umask=022 0 0
Then in /etc/export
/dosc *(rw,no_root_squash,sync)
Then on PC1 I made a mountpoint /mnt/toshiba
And did an NFS mount OK from PC1:
mount 192.168.0.3:/dosc /mnt/toshiba
This works fine - I can see all the files on PC2's C: drive from PC1

But when I try to anything in the umsdos filesystem I always get an error
when I try to mount.
Example:
mount 192.168.0.3:/usr /mnt/toshiba
gives the error
mount: 192.168.0.3:/usr failed, reason given by server: Permission denied

I have noticed that when I rerun exportfs -vra that /usr doesn't seem to get
loaded into the kernel, as I see this message:
exporting *:/dosc
exporting *:/usr
reexporting 192.168.0.2:/dosc to kernel

So - any ideas ?

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 19:21:55 +0100, geep wrote:
> Hi - rather a long post, but maybe the details will allow somebody to help
> me solve my problem...

A fortnight later, along comes /me ...

> I'm running Zipslack from Slack Version 10 on 2 PCs and trying to share
> files between them via NFS.
> First I found that Zipslack didn't include nfsutils - so I installpkg'd it.

How about portmap? ZS includes it, but is it enabled and running?

> mount: 192.168.0.3:/usr failed, reason given by server: Permission denied

And you checked the logs on 192.168.0.3?
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Thanks for the reply.

Since I made the post I installed Slack10 on PC2's hard drive via NFS from
PC1's CD.
I was able to NFS mount PC1's CD from PC2. (PC2 is an old laptop without a
CD).

But I still can't NFS mount the UMSDOS filesystem on PC1 from PC2.

I am pretty sure that PC1's portmapper is running OK, as NFS to PC1's CD
works OK.
(Can't check at present - PC1&2 off - several cables need to be moved - it's
late - tomorrow...)

As I am still interested in knowing if NFS mounting of UMSDOS is possible,
which logfiles should I be checking ?

(NFS mount of PC2's hard drive from PC1 works fine).
(I did find that I was able to use SAMBA to smbmount PC1's UMSDOS filesystem
from PC2).