NFS Mount Problem

Using Debian Sarge

Trying to mount two partitions on a notebook connected to my server.
One mounts without a problem and the other refuses to mount with the
error:
sudo mount 192.168.1.252:/data /mnt/data/
mount: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused

The partition that mounts is a normal linux partition and mounts OK to
/mnt/dellbook; the other is a vfat partition and refuses to mount.

Here are fstab entries:
#Dell notebook
dellbook:/home/mpierce /mnt/dellbook nfs rw,user,noauto,soft,bg 1 2
dellbook:/data /mnt/data nfs rw,user,noauto,soft,bg
1 2

I should normal be able to do mount dellbook or mount data since the mount
points exist.

Can someone tell me what is wrong here?

"mpierce" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Using Debian Sarge
>
> Trying to mount two partitions on a notebook connected to my server.
> One mounts without a problem and the other refuses to mount with the
> error:
> sudo mount 192.168.1.252:/data /mnt/data/
> mount: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused
>
> The partition that mounts is a normal linux partition and mounts OK to
> /mnt/dellbook; the other is a vfat partition and refuses to mount.
>
> Here are fstab entries:
> #Dell notebook
> dellbook:/home/mpierce /mnt/dellbook nfs rw,user,noauto,soft,bg
1 2
> dellbook:/data /mnt/data nfs rw,user,noauto,soft,bg
> 1 2
>
> I should normal be able to do mount dellbook or mount data since the mount
> points exist.
>
> Can someone tell me what is wrong here?

Have you got both partitions listed in the notebook's /etc/exports file ?

On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 09:41:08 +0100, Draxen wrote:

> "mpierce" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> ews(E-Mail Removed) .nospam...
>> Using Debian Sarge
>>
>> Trying to mount two partitions on a notebook connected to my server.
>> One mounts without a problem and the other refuses to mount with the
>> error:
>> sudo mount 192.168.1.252:/data /mnt/data/
>> mount: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused
>>
>> The partition that mounts is a normal linux partition and mounts OK to
>> /mnt/dellbook; the other is a vfat partition and refuses to mount.
>>
>> Here are fstab entries:
>> #Dell notebook
>> dellbook:/home/mpierce /mnt/dellbook nfs rw,user,noauto,soft,bg
> 1 2
>> dellbook:/data /mnt/data nfs rw,user,noauto,soft,bg
>> 1 2
>>
>> I should normal be able to do mount dellbook or mount data since the mount
>> points exist.
>>
>> Can someone tell me what is wrong here?
>
> Have you got both partitions listed in the notebook's /etc/exports file ?
Yes.

The problem seems to be caused by the fact that the notebook's
/etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server is not refreshing.

If I manually ssh into notebook and do (as root):
/etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart
the partitions will then mount.

This service shouldn't require this as it should be ready to go on demand
or should it?

"mpierce" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 09:41:08 +0100, Draxen wrote:
>
> > "mpierce" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > ews(E-Mail Removed) .nospam...
> >> Using Debian Sarge
> >>
> >> Trying to mount two partitions on a notebook connected to my server.
> >> One mounts without a problem and the other refuses to mount with the
> >> error:
> >> sudo mount 192.168.1.252:/data /mnt/data/
> >> mount: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused
> >>
> >> The partition that mounts is a normal linux partition and mounts OK to
> >> /mnt/dellbook; the other is a vfat partition and refuses to mount.
> >>
> >> Here are fstab entries:
> >> #Dell notebook
> >> dellbook:/home/mpierce /mnt/dellbook nfs rw,user,noauto,soft,bg
> > 1 2
> >> dellbook:/data /mnt/data nfs rw,user,noauto,soft,bg
> >> 1 2
> >>
> >> I should normal be able to do mount dellbook or mount data since the
mount
> >> points exist.
> >>
> >> Can someone tell me what is wrong here?
> >
> > Have you got both partitions listed in the notebook's /etc/exports file
?
> Yes.
>
> The problem seems to be caused by the fact that the notebook's
> /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server is not refreshing.
>
> If I manually ssh into notebook and do (as root):
> /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart
> the partitions will then mount.
>
> This service shouldn't require this as it should be ready to go on demand
> or should it?

Not necessarily. I don't know Debian but RH derivatives have a utility
called `ntsysv` to help control which services and daemons are started at a
particular run-level.


You could always do it by hand, assuming all your startup scripts live in
/etc/init.d/ you could put a softlink in /etc/rc3.d (if run-level 3 is your
default run level) and link it to the actual startup script. The link name
must begin with a capital `S` and have two digits after it, this determines
the order scripts get started.
I'm not explaining it well, so here's an example.

/etc/rc3.d/S99nfs -> /etc/init.d/nfs (or whatever the name of the startup
script is).

For neatness put a corresponding `K` link in /etc/rc0.d