NFS Installation message

[sgk at sgk.tiac.net (Susan G. Kleinmann)]

Subba.Rao wrote:
> On the system I am going to install ( after the NET BOOT and ROOT disks ),
> I typed the following command
> 
> 	ifconfig eth0 111.111.111.111 netmask 255.255.255.0
> 	route add 111.111.111.111
> 
> When I run the "setup", I mention the installation source ( NFS Server ).
> I type in my IP address, subnet mask and NFS server IP address. Then the
> installation program tries to mount the remote directory and fails.
> 
> This is the following message it gives,
> mount clntudp_create : RPC : Port mapper failure - RPC : unable to send
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> What does this message mean? How do I solve this problem?

Rick Macdonald suggests that the fix for this type of problem is to check 
your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files for lines starting with either 
a '+' or a '-' character.  These characters force a NIS lookup.
If you don't use NIS you will get the "Port mapper failure" error message.

HTH,
Susan Kleinmann
sgk at tiac.net