Re: NFS Mount - RH7.3 Server - CentOS 4.1 Client

From: Tom (tomNOSPAM_at_teameazyriders.com)
Date: 09/29/05 

Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 12:38:43 +0100
To: Tom <tomNOSPAM@teameazyriders.com>

> Just upgrading one of my dev servers - I'm replacing a current box that
> runs 7.3 to one that runs CentOS 4.1
>
> Currently the 7.3 dev box talks to a fileserver also running 7.3 over
> NFS and that works fine. I'm now trying to get the CentOS 4.1 box to
> talk NFS to the 7.3 server.
>
> When i try and mount the NFS share on the CentOS box i get the following
> error
>
> # mount /mnt/cvs
> mount to NFS server 'Server Name' failed: server is down.
>
> Now i know the server is not down as the 7.3 client is connected fine.
> Anyone seen this before or know a work around? Nothing in any logs from
> client or server to give me any hints?

sorry to reply yo myself but i have resolved this -

seems the newer version of mount does not like the older server - using
the mount command from the 7.3 box on the the centos box enables me to
mount this as expected.

thanks

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