[Techtalk] Mounting an NFS share

[Sunbird]

Hi Anne,

Sorry for top post but yahoo isn't quoting your stuff so am taking easy way.

You say the nfs share isn't showing as expected.  What does it tell you in particular?

Next, it sounds like the report you are getting, wrong fs type, is software trying to mount reiser with an ext3 command.
I am not an expert unfortunately, but am willing to work with you on it and do what I can.

I don't think the difference in filesystems, one drive to another matters, only just what the mounter expects the mountable system to be.
The error is one I would get if I tried to mount the wrong filesystem.  So the type has to be right.

I don't use nfs, so am not sure what program is doing the mounting.  Need the appropriate info set in fstab, I think, to do it.

Am unclear if these are 2 different machines or just 2 different partitions.  And if they are on the same network (LAN).

Can you tell me more, based on this info, and we can go from there?

-- Pat





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From: Anne Wainwright <anotheranne at fables.co.za>
To: Techtalk <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 10:57:47 AM
Subject: [Techtalk] Mounting an NFS share

Hi,

I set up an NFS share 

/home/anotheranne (rw)

in /etc/exports on my Libranet laptop (debian). I updated everything to do with NFS

I try to mount this share from my Ubuntu box but get the following error

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on Pandora (the laptop)

...and other suggestions
which mention that for several filesystems (eg nfs, cifs) I might need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper programme

since ubuntu runs the ext3 filesystem, and libranet runs the reiser filesystem, is this the source of my problem? 

Avahi Discovery on Ubuntu does not show the NFS share as I imagine it should.

Any advice welcome.  now time for tea and a slice of pannetoni cake as a treat.

Thanks
Anne





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