ext2fs and NFS

Bob Hepple bhepple at freeshell.org
Fri Oct 28 11:53:54 PDT 2005


On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:39:03 +1000
Bob Hepple <bhepple at freeshell.org> wrote:

> I need to export an ext2fs file system mounted at /mnt/guest - it's a
> removable IDE disc that I carry to & from my linux system at work...
> 
> "mount" shows:
> 
> /dev/ad2s1 on /mnt/guest (ext2fs, local)
> 
> So, I put an entry into /etc/exports:
> 
> /mnt/guest -alldirs -network 192.168.254.0 -mask 255.255.255.0
> 
> and then:
> 
> kill -s HUP `cat /var/run/mountd.pid`
> 
> "showmount localhost" shows nothing and in /var/log/messages I have:
> 
> Oct 27 11:36:01 raita kernel: ext2fs doesn't support the old mount syscall
> Oct 27 11:36:01 raita mountd[417]: can't export /mnt/guest
> Oct 27 11:36:01 raita mountd[417]: bad exports list line /mnt/guest -network 192.168.254.0 -mask 255.255.255.0
> 
> ... so there's really no way to NFS export an ext2fs file system???

Hmmm - looks like no-one has good news for me on this front so I'll try a
different approach:

Can anyone suggest a UNIX filesystem for a removable IDE disc that can be
used on linux and freebsd and that can be exported by NFS?


Thanks

Bob


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