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Network File System (NFS) - a distributed file system protocol

Network File System (NFS) - a distributed file system protocol

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NFS vs Samba shares

So I'm setting up a NAS server with my Raspberry-Pi, and I'm trying to figure out what type of file sharing I want to implement. Between NFS and Samba shares, I've read that NFS is faster than Samba, however Samba is easier to set up on Windows. My…
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NFS Server: Not starting: portmapper is not running

I'm attempting to set up my Raspberry Pi with Wheezy Raspbian 2013-02-09 as an NFS server (client will be Ubuntu 12.10). I have followed these instructions. I can't start the service and get the following message: $ sudo service nfs-kernel-server…
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Mount NFS Folder share on RPi from a synology NAS

I would like to mount a NFS folder share from my Synology NAS on my RPi. So far, all my efforts have been unsucessful. I get stuck on : pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.0.100:/volumes1/Movies /mnt/Movies mount.nfs: access denied by…
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nfsroot boot fails - nfs server reports the request

I have a raspberry pi model b+ that I am attempting to boot with a root on an nfs share. The pi takes an ip address from dhcp, and makes request to my nfs server for the root share. The server reports this request in logs, but the pi hangs after…
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Why are my changes to cmdline.txt ignored?

I'm using a SD-card with raspian (with /boot-partition + the rootfs). I compiled my own kernel and now I would like to boot with nfsroot. I've added the following line into the cmdline.txt: dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=ttyAMA0,115200…
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How do I set up a windows NFS server to serve my media to RaspBMC [tutorial]

Following on from my woes at trying to use Samba to share media from my windows machine (SMB performance issues on Raspbmc) i thought i'd try (and share) my knowledge of getting my Windows XP Pro Machine running as an NFS server instead. There has…
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How can I connect to my RPi NFS server using version 4?

I've set my Raspberry Pi up as an NFS server, but I cannot connect to it with NFS version 4. However, version 3 works. From my Kubuntu 13.04 client: $ sudo mount -t nfs -o proto=tcp,port=2049,vers=4 192.168.1.91:/export /mnt/pi -v mount.nfs: timeout…
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Mount NFS directory at boot

I have a raspberry pi humming along happily. I'd like it to mount an NFS directory and so I've set up an /etc/fstab rule: 192.168.1.4:/media /mnt/media nfs rw,auto,hard,intr The directory exists locally and remotely. sudo mount -a as the "pi"…
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NFS transfer speed Raspberry Pi 2 vs 3

I'm using an Raspberry Pi2 Model B as a NFS file server in my LAN. If I copy a 3.3 GB image file with "rsync -av" from an encrypted drive on my laptop to an encrypted USB drive on my Pi2 I get a transfer speed of ~ 12MB/s. Does anyone know how much…
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NFS mount at boot with autofs on Raspbian Jessie

I'm trying to configure my RPi to use autofs to mount at boot a NFS share from my QNAP NAS. The manual mount with mount -v -t nfs server://share /mnt/share works and also the autofs service works if I manually start it with sudo service autofs…
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Can one mount an NFS directory at /

I tried following this Answer: How do I configure the Raspberry Pi to boot with an NFS root? But at some point smoke started to come out of my ears. All I want to do is move as many of my files off the SD card and onto my desktop because: SD cards…
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Appalling write speed using NFS

I've set up a NFS share on my Raspberry by installing @nfs-kernel-server@ and configuring the following export: /media/hdd 192.168.1.0/24(rw,async) I've mounted the share on a Ubuntu client using 192.168.1.51:/media/hdd /media/myuser/hdd nfs…
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PXE - reboot if nfs root fail

I have a full working PXE server and multiple Raspberry Pi 3b+ running on read only. My problem come from an issue we can face anytime, a connection loss. If we lose connection with the NFS server, the Raspberry Pi will lose its root directory. So…
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NFS share won't mount on boot, but will manually

OK - this is frustrating...there are lots of messages on this board and others with the same problem, yet none of the solutions provided seem to work in my case. I'm using a Pi-3, with a fresh install of Stretch. I have an NFS mount on my Synology…
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Can't mount Raspberry Pi NFS Server

I am trying to set up my pi3 running raspbian as an NFS server. I've followed these instructions: http://www.htpcguides.com/configure-nfs-server-and-nfs-client-raspberry-pi/ In /etc/exports I have the line: /mnt/Shared 192.168.1.0/24…
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