[Soekris] How to get portmap module and how to run it

[Iustin Pop]

On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 01:33:21AM -0700, Ek wrote:
> Dear Sir/Madam,
>    I found the problem of mounting nfs. I want to
> develop program via nfs using this commmand as
> following.
> 
>    cc_2:/# mount -t nfs 192.168.0.1:/home/myname /mnt
> 
> As a result, it can not work (I can not mount nfs). I
> have tried to check portmap running by using this
> command as below.
> 
>    cc_2:/#rpcinfo -p 
>    rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote
> system error - Connection refused
> 
>     I have tried to insert module portmap to my system
> by using this following command.

As I understand, you are using linux, right?

In this case, portmap is not a kernel module, but a daemon. Depending on
your distribution, you might have to install the package portmap or
something else named similar.

regards,
iustin