Exporting block device using nfs

[taousif]

Hi,

I have added a new hard disk to my system in fedora 14, I would like to export it through NFS... I tried it but the files are not being written to the disk, instead it is being written to the folder on which the drive is mounted, which we can see after unmounting the disk...


Thanks

[Rubberman]

Post the contents of your /etc/exports file, and the output of the exportfs command (you will have to run it as root or sudo).

[taousif]

My /etc/exports looks lik
/ *(rw,fsid=0,insecure,no_subtree_check,no_root_squa sh)

The output of the exportfs command is -

/ <world>

[Lakshmipathi]

My /etc/exports looks lik
/ *(rw,fsid=0,insecure,no_subtree_check,no_root_squa sh)

The output of the exportfs command is -

/ <world>

I don't understand ,are you trying to export whole root partition or newly added drive alone?
If you wanted to export the newly added drive , please mount it (say /newdrive) and then add this entry to /etc/export file.

# cat /etc/exports
/newdrive *(rw)

Now make sure its correctly exported using showmount -e or exportfs and then mount it client as

client#mount -t nfs <server-host>:/newdrive /client/mnt/pt

[taousif]

# cat /etc/exports
/newdrive *(rw)

client#mount -t nfs <server-host>:/newdrive /client/mnt/pt

Is the same applicable for NFSv4.1 ?

[Lakshmipathi]

I'm not sure about NFS 4 options - May be continue with what you are already using . but the only change would be mount the device into some mountpoint and then add it export file -

/newdrive *(rw,fsid=0,insecure,no_subtree_check,no_root_squa sh)

now try and mount from nfs client.

[taousif]

I had tried that, i got follwing error

client# mount -t nfs4 -o minorversion=1 <server>:/nfs /mnt

mount.nfs4: mounting <server>:/nfs failed, reason given by server: No such file or directory

[Lakshmipathi]

Please post the exact server host name and from client machine try something like
#showmount -e SERVERNAME
Does it show the exported directory?
If so then try mounting it - If mounting fails check for

dmesg

for any errors