[aclug-L] NFS Install problem

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Howdy fellow ACLUGers,

Greetings from the arid land of Ahab, the dehydrated Arab.

Linux is finally starting to make more sense to me.  I'm making progress
(despite missing the past two meetings).  I think it was the NetWorkshop 
that got the ball rolling.  This mailing list is also a tremendous help. 
 Thankyou to those who spend time reading and answering the mail of those 
who understand less than you.

I have an NFS install problem.

I'm trying to install RedHat 6.0 on a laptop that makes you choose between
floppy and cdrom.  Therefore, I'm using a crossover 10BaseT cable for my
attempted NFS install.  I've got NFS setup on the server
(192.168.0.25, pancf25.psab), sharing to the client machine (192.168.0.20
,gateway.psab).  I setup all the NFS server stuff during the server's 
install,
so I'm pretty sure all the necessary components are there.

Is it OK to just use pancf25.psab, or do I need to throw in a .com?  What 
makes a FQDN, and when is it important?

I used linuxconf to setup all of my server's network related files.  Here 
they are.

/etc/exports:
/mnt/cdrom 192.168.0.20

/etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1       localhost       localhost.localdomain
192.168.0.25    pancf25.psab    pancf25
192.168.0.20    gateway.psab    gateway

I boot up the NFS server, mount the CDROM, boot the client
with the bootnet.img floppy, feed it the PCMCIA support disk, and enter all 
the following TCP/IP info on the client machine:

Configuration of TCP/IP (for this machine):
IP address:                     192.168.0.20
Netmask:                        255.255.255.0
Default gateway (IP):           192.168.0.254
Primary nameserver:             192.168.0.1

Configure Network:
Domain name:                    psab
Host name:                      pancf25.psab
Secondry nameserver (IP):
Tertiary nameserver (IP):

NFS Setup:
NFS server name:                192.168.0.25
Red Hat directory:              /mnt/cdrom


and then get the baad message:(

It says:
NFS mount failed.  Permissions denied.


I can't figure out how to give away any more permissions.


BREAK, BREAK

In the process of writing this letter, I tried the whole thing again.  The 
only thing I changed was the server's /etc/networks.  With the help of 
linuxconf, I changed it to the following:

/etc/networks:
pancf25.psab    192.168.0.25    pancf25

Now I don't even get the baad message.  I just get the little cursor that 
sits there and blinks at me indefinitely.

BREAK, BREAK

I just tried it again, this time I changed an entry on the client.  "Host 
name:" line in the Configure Network screen.  Instead of the server 
(pancf25.psab), I put the client (gateway.psab).  This time the CDROM on 
the server spun up in response to the client's request, but I still got the 
indefinite blinking cursor.

It seems like the networking side of things is working properly.  One time 
I tried all this when the CDROM wasn't installed in the server.  The client 
told me it didn't look like /mnt/cdrom contained the RedHat installation 
tree.  Evidently it can see it.

Any ideas?

Sorry this was so long.
I appreciate your patience and help.
Nate