error mounting nfs share

[Riao]

I've installed Linux Mint 10 LXDE RC1 onto a laptop (previously Mint9 LXDE) and am having trouble mounting an NFS share. I was able to do this on Mint9 LXDE without issue, and can mount the same directory with Ubuntu 10.10 from another machine.

Here is what I am doing in a terminal and the result:

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sudo mount 192.168.0.106:/media/Storage /home/riao/mnt/storage
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on 192.168.0.106:/media/Storage,

	missing codepage or helper program, or other error
	(for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might
	need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program)
	In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
	dmesg | tail or so

I am unsure where syslog is to find the "useful info".

[unexistance]

Hi,

I think you can try again, then
- Open a terminal
- run below for syslog

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dmesg | tail

See what error you get.

p/s: RC means there might be a few bugs left here & there...

Regards,

[barryp]

I don't know if it will be helpful, but there is a great nfs howto here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=249889

Every now & again my nfs shares on a sheeva plug disappear & I've found that restarting things in the correct order is very important. This page is the only reference I need.

[Riao]

I don't know if it will be helpful, but there is a great nfs howto here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=249889

Every now & again my nfs shares on a sheeva plug disappear & I've found that restarting things in the correct order is very important. This page is the only reference I need.

Hey thanks for the post. I followed the link and found a familiar page describing nfs sharing. I skimmed it as I had read similar pages before and came to installing portmapper on the client device. I didn't need to do that with any Ubuntu or MIint machine before; it was always installed by default. I checked and sure enough. I just made an ASS out of U and ME. Anyway It's installed now and I've added the line to fstab and everything's honky-dory.

Thanks for the responses.