[Info-vax] how to mount a windows NFS share on a VAX

[Jeremy Begg]

Hi,

Paul Sture wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:42:02 -0800, Lucas Williams wrote:
> 
> 
>>I ended up figureing it out. its nfsmount <server> "share" [mountpoint].
>>However, I found out that even this command will not work if nfs client
>>isn't installed. I ran cnfnet cnfs and it said it couldn't find it, so I
>>ran cnfnet mneu and sure enough, nfs client and nfs server are not
>>installed. I looked at the logs when this was install (Back in 97) and
>>they did just a bare minimal tcpware install. The fun part is going to
>>be looking for the install media that probably doesn't exist anymore
>>since it is almost 15 years since it has been touched.
>>
>>I ended up finding the command by going to help/tcpware/nfsmount/
>>mount_command
>>
>>Thanks for everyone's help.
> 

It's quite possible that if the TCPware installation dates from 1997 and 
hasn't been updated since, it won't work properly with a current Windows NFS 
server anyway.  (I haven't tried it myself, but I know from years of 
supporting MultiNet that interoperability between products which vary 
greatly in age can be a problem.)

> I am not familiar with TCPware, but both TCP/IP Services and (IIRC) 
> Multinet install the full package.  Hopefully you won't need the 
> installation media to enable individual services.

MultiNet's installation procedure asks if you want to install NFS.  I don't 
recall what the default answer is, but it's not unusual even now to say "no".

Regards,

	Jeremy Begg