Subject: Re: problem: "nfs not supported by kernel"
From: Dick Benster (ribenster@home.net)
Date: Thu Sep 02 1999 - 15:47:41 MDT
Oops, I meant to say that "nfs" (not "ftp") started working properly.
Thanks
Dick
Dick Benster wrote:
> Thanks to Mark Fassler for this as it led to the solution, and for Steve from
> YDL.
>
> While not new to unix, I'm a linux newbee when it comes to configuration.
>
> It turned out manprobe showed that even though I had downloaded the latest
> linux-226-16bpmac per
> YDL's instructions to fix another problem (Apple beige PPC SCSI wasn't
> supported in -16apmac), -16apmac
> modules where being loaded in (versus -16bpmac). I wasn't aware of this
> until Mark pointed out this
> whole new world to me. It was then clear that I also needed the entire
> /lib/modules/2.2.6-16bpmac along with its accompanying vmlinux to complete
> the run-time system.
>
> Modprobe showed that I had /lib/modules/2.2.6-16apmac not ...16bpmac. As
> soon as I ftp'ed the
> ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/champion-1.1/ppc/RedHat/RPMS/kernel-pmac-2.2.6-16b.ppc.rpm
>
> and ran rpm
>
> rpm -ivh --force --nodeps kernel-pmac-2.2.6-16b.ppc.rpm
>
> ftp began working properly. The moral of the story for me and possibly other
> linux new-comers: always grab the accompanying modules besides the kernal
> when updating via ftp.
>
> Thanks Mark and thanks Steve at YDL for your help!
>
> Dick Benster
> La Honda Software
>
> Mark Fassler wrote:
>
> > Dick Benster wrote...
> > >
> > > mount: fs type nfs not supported by kernel
> > >
> >
> > This is likely being caused by nfs support not being compiled into the
> > kernel. Have you compiled your own kernel? You may have forgotten to
> > enable nfs support.
> >
> > If you are using the kernel off of the CD, it could be becuase the NFS
> > module isn't loaded. As root, try this from a shell:
> >
> > modprobe nfs
> >
> > If there's an NFS module available, this should load the module and allow
> > you to mount an exported share. (hmm,.. this should be done automagically
> > somewhere...)
> >
> > --
> > Mark Fassler
> > fassler@frii.com
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