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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> I've been doing some work on one of my old laptops and needed
> some extra workspace, so I fed it a network filesystem (NFS)
> from my desktop.  Here's how:
>
> Step 1 - Establish a TCP/IP network between the two computers
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> activate the network cards on both computers (insmod)
> assign address to each card (ifconfig)
> check the connection (ping)

insmod 3c59x for both computers (same network card, 3Com)

Computer on left - 192.168.1.1 = server address
Computer on right - 192.168.1.2 = client address

> Step 2 - Activate NFS server
> --------------------------------------------------
> edit /etc/exports   --->     /  client_address(rw)

/ 192.168.1.2 added to computer on left (and vice versa for the one on the 
right so it can be used the same way another time)

> rpc.portmap
> rpc.mountd
> rpc.nfsd

I tried this on the server (192.168.1.1, on the left).

These files are in SW7.1 tcpip1.tgz but not in BL3 - should I add them?  I 
get 'not found' when I try to use them anyway.

> --------------------------------------------------
>
> Step 3 - Activate NFS client

Computer on the right, 192.168.1.2

> ------------------------------------------
> insmod sunrpc (not needed for bzimage.big)
"can't handle sections of type 256"
> insmod lockd  (not needed for bzimage.big)
"error reading ELF section headers"
> insmod nfs    (not needed for bzimage.big)
"can't handle sections of type 3584"
> rpc.portmap
"not found"

Same for pentium kernel 2.2.26 with BL2.  I had 'can't handle sections of 
type" problems recently with some other modules, I forget which, that 
worked with 2.4.31 kernels but not 2.2.26 or 2.2.16.  I am using the .p1 
kernel since non-pentium kernels don't boot on two computers due to memory 
confusion.  I just downloaded the modules from Steven's BL3 site.

> mount -t nfs server_address:/  /mnt
Did not even try this.

> ------------------------------------------
>
> Please note that both the NFS server and client run happily

Not for me yet.

> on the default BL3 kernel.  Three modules are required for
> the client (but not the server) when the default kernel is
> used.  When the big kernel is used, no modules are required
> for the client.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
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