NFS Mount question - What are the required options in /etc/fstb?

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 17 September 2012 10:59:54 Clinton Tinsley did opine:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jay Ridgley
> Sent: 09/17/12 07:40 AM
> To: Ubuntu-users
> Subject: NFS Mount question - What are the required options in
> /etc/fstb?
> 
>  Folks, I have an interesting question: Why does one work and the other
> does NOT? The only difference (I know of) between the two systems is
> ursa was an upgrade from 10.04.4LTS to 12.04.1LTS and kodiak is a fresh
> install. Both are up to date. Is kodiak missing a software package, if
> so which one? WORKS --> cdjsys at ursa:/$ cat /etc/fstab |grep nfs
> #polar:/archive /archive nfs rw,noauto 0 0 koala:/nfs/cdjsys
> /big_archive nfs rw,noauto,nolock 0 0 cdjsys at ursa:/$ sudo mount
> /big_archive [sudo] password for cdjsys: cdjsys at ursa:/$ df |grep koala
> koala:/nfs/cdjsys 973391744 13308704 960083040 2% /big_archive
> cdjsys at ursa:/$ uname -a Linux ursa 3.2.0-30-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri
> Aug 24 16:54:40 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux cdjsys at ursa:/$ and
> FAILS --> cdjsys at kodiak:~$ cat /etc/fstab |grep nfs # entry for
> nfs:cdjsys on koala koala:/nfs/cdjsys /big_archive nfs rw,noauto,nolock
> 0 0 cdjsys at kodiak:~$ sudo mount /big_archive [sudo] password for
> cdjsys: mount.nfs: requested NFS version or transport protocol is not
> supported cdjsys at kodiak:~$ uname -a Linux kodiak 3.2.0-30-generic-pae
> #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 24 17:14:09 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux 
> cdjsys at kodiak:~$  You might try adding vers=3 to your mount options. I
> have seen this before with the newer NFS releases. Clint

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