Summary: mounting a remote directory

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Thanks to all who replied, special thanks to Mark Hargrave who reminded me
to make sure to add the remote host to /etc/exports

 Hi All,
>
> When I try to mount a directory using : mount -o rw gemini:/tmp /gemini
>
> I get the following error
>
> nfs mount: gemini:/tmp: server not responding : RPC: Can't decode result
> nfs mount: retrying: /gemini
> nfs mount: gemini:/tmp: server not responding : RPC: Can't decode result
> nfs mount: gemini:/tmp: server not responding : RPC: Can't decode result
> nfs mount: gemini:/tmp: server not responding : RPC: Can't decode result
>
> The directory that I am trying to mount is from a Silicon Graphics machine
> running Iris 6.5 to the Sun Ultra 1 running Solaris 2.6
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
Julie,

Did you add an entry in the /etc/exports file on your SGI machine to
allow your machine to mount it?

EX: /etc/exports

/tmp -rw=yourmachine

Once you add this line do a:

exportfs -a (on gemini)

Then try to mount it again. I seen where exportfs did not work until the
system (gemini) got rebooted.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Mark

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