NFS Client subsystem does not start?

[sailesh]

Hi,
When I boot the workstation, the NFS Client Subsystem does not start and system keeps trying and it does move forward.

1) Is there a way to skip this process and move forward, if yes how?
2) I changed the ip of the box from static to dynamic, as i think it was not configured properly, and when i rebooted the box, it never went beyond the above mentioned stage.
3) I am not able to use telnet or cannot ping, is there a way to recover back or i need to re-install the os.
4) Is the error due to above changes or because of something else.

Appreciate your reply.
Thanks.

[Denver Osborn]

No need to reinstall the OS. To get you going you'll need to break out of the startup scripts to get a console login.

Press and hold these three keys at the same time;

Ctrl-Shift-| <-- that's a pipe symbol (key above enter)

By doing so you should abort the start up scripts and get a login prompt. Login to the box and troubleshoot it from there.

Was the box able to get it's ip address assigned? If this box doesnt do any NFS Mounts then you can disable the NFS Client subsytem from starting by editing /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf -> change NFSCLIENT=1 to NFSCLIENT=0

Hope this helped

-Denver

[rajsri]

sailesh,
As denver said you can use ctrl+shift+| to stop and ge the login .

For ur problem , could you pls check the following
1.network cable is connected to lan cable and its good cable.
2.Check your lan card is configured properly and its up by ifconfig lan0 , it should give up and IP address assigned to it .
If you dont get UP and IP assigned to it , pls configure lan with ifconfig lan0 IPadddress netmask xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx up , this command should configure ur lan card .
3.Now you should be able to ping to ur subent systems .
If you want to connect to other systems apart from ur subnet you should have default gateway configured .
Now check for the default gateway is configured or not , by issuing netstat -rn command , you should ge default gateway for ur IP .

Once you have these things working , your NFS will work fine .

[David Tang_1]

Hi maybe u should try checking the file netconf located at /etc/rc.config.d
Make sure that the IP address is the IP address of your workstation

[Danny Engelbarts]

Hi,

There might be a problem with a filesystem which should be mounted, does the server which exports the filesystem have the new ip-address of the client? Otherwise the client might not be able to mount the FS and therefore hangs (it will keep on trying to mount it ...)

Greetz Danny.

[Rick Garland]

The /etc/rc.log file might yield a clue as to what is happening as well.