How to configure the NFS Server?

NFS stands for Network File System.It is a distributed file system which is used to mount the filesystem over Ethernet network instead of transferring the root file system.It is easy to configure NFS Server to serve i386 files to i386 target,the PowerPC files to the PowerPC target and the ARM files to the ARM target.It is not necessary to have separate home directory for each and every systems that are connected in a network.

Here are the steps to install,configure and rn the NFS Server on tbdev1:

Step 1 : Install the NFS Server on tbdev1

           sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server

Step 2 : Go to /etc/exports and add the following details.

/tftpboot/arm-rootfs             192.168.1.21(rw,no_root_squash)
/tftpboot/powerpc-rootfs       192.168.1.22(rw,no_root_squash)
/tftpboot/i386-rootfs             192.168.1.23(rw,no_root_squash)
/tftpboot/i386-rootfs             192.168.1.24(rw,no_root_squash)

Step 3 : Make /etc/exports readable by all.

            chmod 444 /etc/exports

Step 4 : Reload NFS Server Configuation.

              /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server reload



That's all.