LinuxQuestions.org - NFS+VMware unable to install CentOs from nfs

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Originally Posted by foottuns (Post 3765322)

Hello there, I am trying to install CentOS from a network, I have install VMware server on my computer, after that I create a virtual PC, until now everything was working normally, but when I start to configure my nfs I start to have problems, I am trying to do an experiment so I can install cent os from a nfs share but is not working, I have mount it my iso image on my server also the directories but all the time I get something like, couldn't mount the directory from the server.

Can someone tell me a good tutorial for CentOS or at leats a clue. Thank you for your time.

Bogdan,

bellow is my configuration

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[cluster@clusrterhost ~]$ mount

/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw)

proc on /proc type proc (rw)

sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)

devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)

/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)

tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)

none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)

sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)

none on /proc/fs/vmblock/mountPoint type vmblock (rw)

/dev/sdb1 on /media/KINGSTON type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,shortname=winnt,uid=500)

nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw)

192.168.1.72:/home on /mnt/nfs/home type nfs (rw,addr=192.168.1.72)

/home/CentOS-5.4-i386-bin-DVD.iso on /var/nfs type iso9660 (ro,loop=/dev/loop0)

192.168.1.72:/var/nfs on /mnt/nfs/var/nfs type nfs (rw,addr=192.168.1.72)

[cluster@clusrterhost ~]$

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[cluster@clusrterhost ~]$ df -h

Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on

/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00

                      19G  12G  5.9G  67% /

/dev/sda1              99M  12M  82M  13% /boot

tmpfs                252M    0  252M  0% /dev/shm

/dev/sdb1            7.5G  892M  6.6G  12% /media/KINGSTON

192.168.1.72:/home    19G  12G  5.9G  67% /mnt/nfs/home

/home/CentOS-5.4-i386-bin-DVD.iso

                      3.8G  3.8G    0 100% /var/nfs

192.168.1.72:/var/nfs

                      3.8G  3.8G    0 100% /mnt/nfs/var/nfs