NFS startup failed

[Thomas Kopp]

Hi,
during startup of my hp 9000 server, the startup
alawys stops at the point "Start NFS client subsystem"
( But the Server is no NFS client )
So want can I do ??
Thomas

[Pedro Sousa]

Kopp,
check if you have your NFS_CLIENT set to 1 in /etc/rc.config/nfsconf, in your case it should be 0).
good luck.

[Thomas Kopp]

The nfs client is set to 0 and it did not help ...
Thomas

[Pedro Sousa]

Do you want me to apologize? :|
- check your fstab and see if you have something relating 'old' nfs filesystems.
- check /etc/exportfs

then try to 'start' your nfs by executing "/sbin/init.d/nfs.client start" and check the output. It should say something like "NFS_CLIENT not set to one in /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf, exiting."

[Chin Guan · Accepted solution]

Hi Kopp. If you are not using NFS (client) at this moment, just disable it and let your machine bootup at this moment :

cd /sbin/rc2.d
mv S430nfs.client /tmp
cd /sbin/rc1.d
mv K570nfs.client /tmp

Once your machines booted up, you can start troubleshooting nfs.client scripts by executing
/sbin/init.d/nfs.client start

You might want to check the following :
1. # hostname -> Does it shows your hostname correctly?
2. # nslookup YOUR_HOSTNAME -> Does it show correct IP address
3. # nslookup YOUR_IPADDRESS -> Does it return correct hostname
4. # ifconfig LAN_CARD (You can get the LAN_CARD name from "lanscan" command) => Please confirm the IP address if correct.

If any of 1-4 shows the wrong info, please fix it and try to start nfs.client again.

Once fix, just move the softlinks files from /tmp back to /sbin/rc1.d and /sbin/rc2.d