NFS Doesn't Exist Error

Klaus Steden klaus.steden at thomson.net
Tue Aug 16 06:45:22 UTC 2005


> Hi All,
> 
> when trying to mount a share on FC3(client) from CentOS(server), it says 
> the share doesn't exist,
> 
> [root at localhost ~]# mount 192.168.168.10/home/batmanbegins/nfsshare 
> /home/coolboarderguy/nfsshare
> mount: special device 192.168.168.10/home/batmanbegins/nfsshare does not 
> exist
> 
Syntax error.

Try "mount 192.168.168.10:/home/batmanbegins/nfsshare". Without the colon,
mount would look through the /etc/fstab and the local filesystem for a node
named "192.168.168.10/home/batmanbegins/nfsshare" ... probably not what you
intended. ;>

hth,
Klaus




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