[ILUG] Help with install from CD on another machine

[Fergal Daly]

Did you run

exportfs -a

after changing /etc/exports? Also, make sure that if you have the host name
in /etc/exports that that host name resolves to the correct IP address,

Fergal

On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 09:20:08PM +0100, Tom Mackey wrote:
> Hi,
> Since the message below I thought of checking var/log/usr/log.  It gives the 
> reason as "request from unauthorised host".  It seems that RPC needs an entry 
> in hosts.allow .  Any idea what that line should be?
> Tom Mackey
> 
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> Subject: Help with install from CD on another machine
> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 20:43:24 +0100
> From: Tom Mackey <tfmackey at iol.ie>
> To: ilug at linux.ie
> 
> 
> Hi,
> I am trying to install Mandrake 7.2 (over the network) on an old 486 with no
> CD from the CD on my Linux box.
> 
> I have made a boot floppy with a network install image.  I have NFS
> sucesfully runing on my main machine.
> 
> The install recognises network card etc and gets as far as the following
>  error "mount: RPC: authentication error"
> 
> I have added both the host name and ip number of the 486 after /mnt/cdrom in
> the /etc/exports file.  I have the cd mounted (using linuxconf)
> 
> Any ideas as to where I am going wrong?
> Tom Mackey
> 
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