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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PC NFS/XFS questions
Date: 5 Jun 1996 18:07:17 +0100
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Michael A. Dorin (mad@adc.com) wrote:
: I have a 2 BSD systems up and running with NFS. I would like to get NFS
: going from PC's in the office.

: Right now I am trying to use XFS.

: I can get the kernel loaded.
: I have the PCNFSD running on the second system.
: I can even log on with the xfstool login 

: But I can't seam to mount any drives.

: I imagine its an exports problem.

Try running 'showmount -e'.  What does it say ?

: Could somebody give me some ideas?  Or email me a copy of a working
: /etc/exports file?

Not without knowing the output of 'df' on your machine.

: Should I be using a different NFS system on the PC?

Probably not.

--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....