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

[der Mouse]

> 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).

Reporting "it doesn't work" is usually of little to no use.  In this
case, I would like to see the error message.  Given what you say about
the portmapper, I'm assuming the error is something like "can't contact
portmapper".

> 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

This isn't much use.  rpcinfo normally contacts the local host if you
don't specify a host, and the local host is cc_2, the client host, and
whether it's running a portmapper is irrelevant; vide infra.  You'd
need to run "rpcinfo -p 192.168.0.1" to check the relevant portmapper
in this case, 192.168.0.1 being the host you're trying to NFS mount
from.

> I have tried to insert module portmap to my system by using this
> following command.

> cc_2:/# insmod [...]

You don't say what OS you're running.  But I don't know of any where
the portmapper is a kernel module; it's usually a user-level program
called "portmap" or "rpcbind" or some such.

Also, for NFS mounting to work, the place you need a working portmapper
is on the *server* machine (192.168.0.1 in your case), not the *client*
machine (cc_2 in your case).  The prompt you quote is always "cc_2",
implying that you're trying to set up the portmapper on the same
machine you're trying to mount from, which is irrelevant.

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