NFS Server not Responding

[Jyoti Lakshmi Ramchandr]

I obtain the following error message when I am trying to read an external CD drive

"NFS server not responding on . Still trying.."

[Shahul]

Hi

First U go the remote machine where CDROM drive physically connected and make sure that CDROM drive is exported properly.
Follow these

#cd /etc
#vi exports

Add a line like this

/cdrom -root="r machin's name"

Save and come out. For more information see man page of exportfs

Then

#cd /etc
#cd rc.config.d
#more nfsconf

Make sure that NFS_SERVER variable is set to 1
If not do it now

#cd /sbin
#cd init.d
#./nfs.server stop
#./nfs.server start

Now come to ur machine

#cd /etc/rc.config.d
#more nfsconf
Make sure that NFS_CLIENT variable is set to 1
#cd /sbin/init.d
#./nfs.client stop
#./nfs.client start

#mount "remote system":/cdrom /cdrom

I hope now ur problem will get solved.


Best of luck

Shahul

[Vincenzo Restuccia]

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[RAJESH GANGADHARAN]

Hi
As shahul said u can check whether the cdrom is exported, if so pls chech whether it's exported with sufficent rights.
in the local machine u can check whether NFS CLIENT is enabled.
check the value of NIS_CLIENT variable in /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf file
if it is 0 make it 1 and
start nis client subsystem by
/sbin/init.d/nis.client start

after this u can mount the cdrom

if the cdrom is alredy mounted in u'r system
pls check the status by nfsstat -m
this will show u all the nfs mount status

if u found any problem try to umount it and mount it again

reagd
Rajesh

[Ravi_8]

Hi,
This looks like network problem.
check the NFS as explained by Shahul, if you still didn't get it, check your network