mount.nfs:connection timed out

[Fred Roller]

Linda wrote:
> I'am looking for suggestions to solve a nfs problem. I did the updates 
> of 8.04.3 LTS  that required a reboot this week. I have several 
> directories that are shared via nfs. After I rebooted the machines one 
> of the nfs directories would not mount on the client. The directory is 
> for an external usb hard drive used for backups. I tried unmounting the 
> directory and remounting it on the server than doing a exportfs -rav It 
> shows it exports the directory to the right ip address. However the 
> client continues to give me the error mount.nfs.connection:connection 
> timed out. I am at a loss to why this one directory will not mount on 
> the client when all the other nfs directories are working fine. The usb 
> drive is properly mounted on the server. Any ideas on what could be 
> going on?
>           Thanks
>             Linda
>
>   
Have you tried mounting to a different client to rule out a client issue?

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Fred
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