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From: Adam Migus <amigus@morgan.ucs.mun.ca>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: mounting NFS from Digital UNIX box
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 10:56:52 -0230
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grail@functional.com wrote:
> 
> Thomas D. Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> > When you installed FreeBSD, did you install the fns client
> > thingees?
> 
> This isn't Linux. NFS is part of the standard FreeBSD install. You don't
> have to add anything.
> 
> > I believe you can use /stand/sysinstall to add it.
> 
> Look in /etc/sysconfig or /etc /etc/rc.conf depending on if you're
> using 2.2.1 and prior or 2.2.2 respectively. There are variables
> that you need to change to enable NFS.
> 
> Or you could just start nfsiod manually.
> 
> Giao Nguyen

ok, maybe i should clarify, the box runs the nfs client (and server)
daemons and correctly mounts nfs file systems from SunOS 5.x boxes and
serves to SunOS 5.x and Digital Unix boxes.
the problem is mount nfs filesystems from Digital UNIX boxes
specifically.

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|   Adam Migus  amigus@morgan.ucs.mun.ca      |
|  CG, Dept. of Computing and Communications  |
|    Memorial University of Newfoundland      |
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