8.2.1 Adding NFS Mounts

 

To mount a filesystem via NFS, select Add Mount from the NFS menu. A dialog box will appear and you will have to fill in the following values:

Device

Enter the host name and path, separated by a colon. For example, foo.bar.com:/usr/exported indicates the /usr/exported directory on foo.bar.com.

Mount Point

Enter the directory on your machine where you want to mount the NFS filesystem. For example, /mnt/foo.

Options

Enter the mount options for this filesystem. The default is soft,intr,rw. The rw means the filesystem is read-write, and soft,intr are options that make your system a little more resilient when the remote server goes down. See the mount man page for a complete list of available options.

Comment

This optional field can be used to store a small comment.

After filling everything out properly, click on OK. At this point the entry is made in your /etc/fstab, but the filesystem is not actually mounted. To mount it, select it in the main window and click on Mount. 

  
Figure 8.3: File System Configuration Panel