cant start nfs server - /etc/fstab

[ptb4866]

Hello Guys,

need help. I cant start Nfs services. When I type the comman /etc/init.d nfs start
I get "Not starting NFS client services - no NFS found in /etc/fstab/ . I used yast to install nfs server already

[Manko10]

I think you try to start the nfs client service which mounts your NFS devices but there's no need to do this. There should be another startup script named /etc/init.d/nfsd or something like that (I don't use SUSE so I can only make guesses) which starts your NFS server.

[ptb4866]

I am trying to connect with an embedded processor (omapl13. It wouldn't allow me to connect unless nfs is woking properly, and thats the only problem i can find. I also tried using '/sbin/service nfs start' and i get the same error

[ptb4866]

i meant omapl138

[Manko10]

Do you want to mount an NFS share or do you want to provide one?

[ptb4866]

i want to mount an NFS share

[Manko10]

Then there is no reason why you should start a service. Just mount the share:

mount -t nfs yourdomain.localhost:/path/to/your/share /path/to/mountpoint

Where yourdomain.localhost is the IP address or domain of your remote system, /path/to/your/share the exported share on your remote system and /path/to/mountpoint of course is your mountpoint.

[ptb4866]

i am pretty much a newbie to linux networking, but my initial intent is to use my laptop as a host, to provide an ip for a client (omapl138 evm kit.) eventually ill mount an nfs share, but i need to get the device to connect with the pc (host) via ethernet. following the "getting started Omapl138 guide', it mentions that the service needs to be started. i cant think of anything else that could be wrong. i hope i am not looking in the wrong direction.

[Manko10]

So you don't have a preconfigured host?
Then you should read about NFS before your start using it. We can't explain you everything here and especially the basics are already described over and over out there on the internet.
For an elaborate introduction please read this: Linux NFS-HOWTO

If you already know about exporting directories etc. then please try out my suggestion above and look for other NFS related init scripts lig /etc/init.d/nfsd.

[ptb4866]

i already know about exporting directory, setting up tftp, dhcp, and nfs . In my /etc/export i have '/home/<export-path>/ *(rw,no_root_squash,no_all_squash,no_subtree_check ,sync). the path contains the nfs directory to be exported. in tftpboot/ directory i also copied a uImage file in there. In my /etc/dhcpd file i configured a subnet to provide the client an ip - it looks sort of like this
allow bootp
subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
option routers 192.168.1.1;
option domain-name-server 192.168.1.4;
range 192.168.1.200 192.168.1.253 ;
}
Also i configured /etc/xinetd.d/tftp and set disable to no. after all this i restarted all the servers and network. the only problem is that I cant connect to the client, and nfs wouldnt start(but u said this would not be problem). Not to forget I also used the command /usr/sbin/exportfs -av to export the directory before i restarted the service. I dont know what else to do