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NFS Mount a NetWare 6.5 Volume onto a SLES Server or SLED Client

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I often need to copy things from my NetWare servers to my Linux machines. I have found it useful to NFS mount an NSS volume on a NetWare machine onto one of my Linux Servers or Desktops.

  1. Prepare the NetWare server by exporting the NSS volume or volumes on the NetWare server.
    Edit the SYS:ETC/EXPORTS file by adding the following:
    /volumeName/ -nwmode -rw -root

    where /volumeName/ is the name of the NetWare volume.

    Example: /VOL1/ -nwmode -rw -root
    
    
  2. Edit the NFSSTART.NCF file
    Change the line load xnfs to load xnfs -nodnscheck.
  3. Restart NFS.
    At the file server console type nfsstop.ncf.
    Then type nfsstart.ncf
  4. Make a directory on your Linux Server to mount the NetWare volume on.
    Example: md /mnt/NetWareVol1/
    
    
  5. Mount the NetWare volume onto your SLES server or SLED client.
    From a terminal type:
    mount -t nfs NetWareServerIPAddress:/VOLUMENAME/ /pathToMountTo/
    Example:  mount -t nfs 151.155.194.44:/VOL1/ /mnt/NetWareVol1/
    
    

Disclaimer: As with everything else at Cool Solutions, this content is definitely not supported by Novell (so don't even think of calling Support if you try something and it blows up).

It was contributed by a community member and is published "as is." It seems to have worked for at least one person, and might work for you. But please be sure to test, test, test before you do anything drastic with it.




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