On Tuesday, 10 March 2020 09:27:54 GMT Michael wrote: > On Tuesday, 10 March 2020 08:17:41 GMT netfab wrote: > > Le 09/03/20 à 17:03, Peter Humphrey a tapoté : > > > mount -t nfs 192.168.1.4:/mnt/nfs/portage /mnt/clrn/usr/portage # > > > script on the client > > > > > > Result: > > > * Mounting chroot dirs under /mnt/clrn ... > > > mount.nfs: mounting 192.168.1.4:/mnt/nfs/portage failed, reason given > > > by server: No such file or directory > > > > [...] > > > > > Can anyone see the problem? > > > > From the client, please try this : > > > # mkdir /mnt/nfs4 > > > # mount -t nfs4 192.168.1.4:/ /mnt/nfs4 > > > # ls /mnt/nfs4 > > According to the following wiki page, with NFSv4 when mounting NFS from the > client you use relative paths to the virtual root on the server. > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Nfs-utils > > Therefore I also think the syntax netfab suggests above is how you should > try it in the first instance; e.g.: > > mount -t nfs 192.168.1.4:portage /mnt/clrn/usr/portage > > or > > mount -t nfs 192.168.1.4:/portage /mnt/clrn/usr/portage
Well, even after all the times I read that wiki, I still hadn't picked that up. I'm sure I used to be able to read, once upon a time. :( Thank you both for the clue. No more head-banging for the moment. -- Regards, Peter.
