[K12OSN] Failing to mount the root directory via NFS

[John Wiles]

John T. Leonard wrote:
> In trying to boot a G3 Ibook onto my K12LTSP server I get the following error
> message...first time I've encountered this...can anyone shed some light on what
> I've messed up?
> TIA, John.
>
> eth0: Full Duplex: 1, Speed: 100
> Mounting root filesystem: /opt/ltsp/ppc from: 192.168.0.254
> mount: 192.168.0.254:/opt/ltsp/ppc failed, reason given by server: Permission Denied
> mount: nfsmount failed: Bad file descriptor
> NFS: mount program didn't pass remote address!
> mount: Mounting 192.168.0.254:/opt/ltsp/ppc on /mnt failed: Invalid argument
>
> ERROR!  Failed to mount the root directory via NFS!
>         Possible reasons include:
> 1) NFS services is not running on the server
> 2) Workstation IP does not map to a hostname, either in /etc/hosts, or in DNS
> 3) Wrong address for NFS server in the DHCP config file
> 4) Wrong pathname for root directory in the DHCP config file
>
>
>   
The last time I saw this error, just the other day, the solution was to 
put the host name of the client in the /etc/hosts file--just as the text 
above describes in option 2. Once this was done the client completed 
it's loading process.

My setup for an Intro to Unix/Linux class is a Dell Poweredge 4400 with 
dual 933 MHz processors, with 1 Gig of RAM and over 120 gigs of hard 
drive space--utilizing hardware Raid 5.

John

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