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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/