Re: Error with Root-fs on NFS...

Trond Myklebust (trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no)
24 Jan 2002 12:29:52 +0100


>>>>> " " == Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <roy@karlsbakk.net> writes:

> Hi all I apologize if this is a well-known error, but after
> searching all archives I can think of, including google, I
> still can't find anything but questions.

> Version: linux-2.4.17+Tux2.4.17a0+rmap11c+ide2.4.17.01192002

> sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0. Looking up port of RPC
> 100003/2 on 192.168.144.247 RPC: sendmsg returned error 101
> portmap: RPC call returned error 101 Root-NFS: Unable to get
> nfsd port number from server, using default Looking up port of
> RPC 100005/1 on 192.168.144.247 RPC: sendmsg returned error 101
> portmap: RPC call returned error 101 Root-NFS: Unable to get
> mountd port number from server, using default RPC: sendmsg
> returned error 101 mount: RPC call returned error 101 Root-NFS:
> Server returned error -101 while mounting /croot VFS: Unable to
> mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy.

Well:
Is there a portmapper running on the server?
Is it accessible to the client (/etc/hosts.{allow,deny}, ipchains,...)?
Is the portmapper advertising NFS version 2 (BTW: the syntax is 'v3' not 'nfsvers=3' on NFSroot)?
Is it advertising mountd version 1?

Cheers,
Trond
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