Mount nfs

[jpagourtzis]

Good evening,
I have a pc with ubuntu gnome 16.04 with an extra internal 1TB hard disk and o folder in there named Movies_1TB. I export the NFS settings

Shared folder NFS as Server

/media/john/sdb1/Movies_1TB 192.168.xx.0/24(rw,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check,sync)

When mounting it from a small netbook with lubuntu 16.04 lts its working fine.

When i try through osmc (latest stable) RPi3 B+
Videos -> add -> browse -> ip (pc 16.04):/media/john/sdb1/Movies_1TB

It says that it cant connect and the nfs is not mounting.

[sam_nazarko]

Please can you show us your fstab?

[jpagourtzis]

from osmc you mean?

[Tom_Doyle]

Configuring fstab based NFS share mounts

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[jpagourtzis]

I have done that before and it is failing with the error
osmc@osmc:~$ cd Movies/
-bash: cd: Movies/: No such device
osmc@osmc:~$ showmount -e 192.168.xx.x
(my pc ubuntu 16.04 with an extra internal disk 1TB that servs a folder with nfs) from my netbook with lubuntu 16.04 the share works fine.
rpc mount export: RPC: Authentication error; why = Failed (unspecified error)

[jpagourtzis]

/dev/mmcblk0p1 /boot vfat defaults,noatime,noauto,x-systemd.automount 0 0

rootfs is not mounted in fstab as we do it via initramfs. Uncomment for remount (slower boot)

#/dev/mmcblk0p2 / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 0
#nfs from tsaros sdb1 movies
192.168.xx.5:/media/john/sdb1/Movies_1TB /home/osmc/Movies ext4 noauto,x-systemd.automount 0 0

[dillthedog]

@jpagourtzis

192.168.xx.5:/media/john/sdb1/Movies_1TB /home/osmc/Movies ext4 noauto,x-systemd.automount 0 0

That should be nfs, not ext4.

It would be worth you showing us the /etc/exports file on the server.

[jpagourtzis]

/etc/exports: the access control list for filesystems which may be exported

to NFS clients. See exports(5).

Example for NFSv2 and NFSv3:

/srv/homes hostname1(rw,sync,no_subtree_check) hostname2(ro,sync,no_subtree_check)

Example for NFSv4:

/srv/nfs4 gss/krb5i(rw,sync,fsid=0,crossmnt,no_subtree_check)

/srv/nfs4/homes gss/krb5i(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)

Shared folder NFS from this pc ubuntu 16.04

/media/john/sdb1/Movies_1TB 192.168.xx.0/24(rw,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check,sync)

[jpagourtzis]

thanks man !!! that did it ! the ext4 was the wrong input. i replaced with nfs and worked perfectly.

Thank you.

[jpagourtzis]

one more question.
Why i cant see in my videos the automounted location (the nfs i just mounted) in osmc. I restared osmc but nothing again.

Or how can i add the share to my videos section?

[jpagourtzis]

through ssh i see the directory mounted ok with no problem. i see all the files properly.
Cant figure how to add this location to my eg videos menu under automounted locations.

[dillthedog]

It’ll depend on the skin but it’ll be along the lines of Videos --> Files --> Add videos --> Home folder (or Root filesystem)

[jpagourtzis]

yep wrote down the local path of the nfs share point and that did the trick

Thanks for all the help.