[BL] NFS on BL3
3aoo-cvfd at dea.spamcon.org
3aoo-cvfd at dea.spamcon.org
Tue Dec 5 19:52:23 EST 2006
sindi keesan wrote:
>
> It worked with the big kernel.
> mount -t nfs 192.168.1.1:/ mnt
That should be: mount -t nfs 192.168.1.1:/ /mnt
> Mounted it on /mnt of 192.168.1.2 (computer on right
> can how read files from computer on left).
It can also write files (if you put rw in /etc/exports).
> Should I be able to mount BL2 from one computer on BL3
> of another computer?
Yes, it doesn't matter which version of Linux is running
the NFS server. Or Unix for that matter.
> I have not tried yet to run programs from the other computer.
Executing should work (you'll probably need the full path name).
> Can this sort of setup be used to share a dialup connection
> the way the serial/telnet network could?
No. All you get from the NFS server is the specified
filesystem.
> do we need a firewall or something?
A firewall (with ip maskerading) is the usual way
of sharing an internet connection (gateway).
> What do I need to add to my 2.4.31 kernel to avoid using
> sunrpc, lockd, and nfs, in case they won't insmod there
> either?
CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
CONFIG_SUNRPC=y
CONFIG_LOCKD=y
Cheers,
Steven
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