Problems with NFS on RH9 Server
 

I am having a problem installing Red Hat 9 via NFS.

When the Red Hat installation asks me at the remote client for the IP address and the Red Hat directory where to obtain the installation files from and I click OK, it gives me the error message That directory could not be mounted from the server.

I made sure I did the exporting correctly on the server. After going through several forums online, I believe the problem lies in the files /proc/fs/nfs/exports and /var/lib/nfs/xtab. The former only has a couple of lines commented out, and the latter is blank.

What are the correct syntaxes of entries in both of these files so I can manually enter the information, restart NFS on the server, and re-attempt to perform an NFS installation on the clients?

Your exports file can be as simple as:

Not sure about the other file you mentioned as I don't necessarily run Redhat no longer. But if you have all the daemons and put the correct information in your exports file, then restart, the server should be ok.

Have you already gone thru the network setup during the Redhat installation? If so, on your NFS server, are you putting the hostname of the remote machine or IP?

I've gone through ensuring the host name is in the hosts file. I also ensured the portmap, rpc.daemon, and nfs services are operational. I've tried doing an NFS installation after doing all that, and am still getting that pesky "That directory could not be mounted from the server" message.

I also went through the Red Hat Knowledge Base for RH9, with no luck.