Mounting directory from another host on startup

[Ciralia]

Can someone tell me how to mount a directory from another host on startup? I know I might have to edit the /etc/vfstab file.

Lets say my current computer name is george, and I want to mount the /util directory from host name leonard onto the /util directory here on george. I know how to mount it myself without having it mount on startup:

mount leonard:/util /util

But how do I make this command happen during startup?

 

[Ciralia]

Also I forgot to mention, I was told I can use a nameserver to do this. But I'm still not sure how to set up a slave server, even though I have the ip and name of the master.

 

[bfitzmai]

The /util directory must be shared on the host server.
Create a /util mount point on your server.
Edit /etc/vfstab as follows using a tab or space between each entry. Remember there must be 7 entries per line in /etc/vfstab.

<hostserver>:/util - /util nfs 2 yes -

Run command "mountall" to verify /etc/vfstab is correct. You should be able to go to /util and see the files.

 

[daFranze]

I suggest a

<hostserver>:/util - /util nfs [b]-[/b] yes -

since you can't run a fsck on a remote FS...

Best Regards, Franz
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