NFS INSTALL SERVER

assuming PXE is up and running already

NFSD INSTALL

Debian/Ubuntu

    apt install rpcbind nfs-kernel-server

Slackware

slackpkg install nfs-utils rpcbind libtirpc

As for NetBSD, it is there already.

NFSD SETUP

mv /etc/exports /etc/exports.dist
vi /etc/exports

/tftpboot       x.x.x.x/24(ro,no_root_squash,async,subtree_check)
#/data      x.x.x.x/24(rw,no_root_squash,async,subtree_check,mp)

NFS V2

Slackware

    vi /etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd

      # Start 8 nfsd servers by default (an old Sun standard):
      if [ -x /usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd ]; then
        echo "  /usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd --nfs-version 2,3 --no-nfs-version 4 8"
        /usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd --nfs-version 2,3 --no-nfs-version 4 8
      fi

      if [ -x /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd ]; then
        echo "  /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd --nfs-version 2,3 --no-nfs-version 4"
        /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd --nfs-version 2,3 --no-nfs-version 4
      fi

    /etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd restart

Debian/Ubuntu

vi /etc/default/nfs-kernel-server

RPCNFSDCOUNT="--nfs-version 2,3 --no-nfs-version 4 8"
RPCMOUNTDOPTS="--manage-gids --nfs-version 2,3 --no-nfs-version 4"

systemctl restart nfs-server

check

    cat /proc/fs/nfsd/versions

OPERATIONS

ubuntu

    systemctl restart rpcbind.target
    systemctl restart rpcbind.socket
    systemctl restart portmap
    systemctl restart nfs-server

slackware

start & enable

ls -lF /etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd /etc/rc.d/rc.rpc
chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd /etc/rc.d/rc.rpc
/etc/rc.d/rc.rpc start
/etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd start

status

    pgrep -a rpc
pgrep -a mountd
    pgrep -a nfs
    rpcinfo

reload

exportfs -ra

stop

/etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd stop
/etc/rc.d/rc.rpc stop 

ACCEPTANCE

remote node on the network

showmount -e INSTALLSRV-ADDRESS

RESOURCES

Network File System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_File_System

ubuntu

SettingUpNFSHowTo https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpNFSHowTo

DisklessUbuntuHowto https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DisklessUbuntuHowto

Network File System (NFS) https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/service-nfs

netbsd

Chapter 29. Network services https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-net-services.html

NetBSD5-Netzwerkinstallation http://wp.lando.cc/category/operation-systems/netbsd/

nfs v2

NetBSD Problem Report #54560 - Subject: PXE netboot regression https://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=54560

Incrase pxeboot code size limit from 64k to 128k. Fixes PR kern/54560. http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/arch/i386/stand/pxeboot/Makefile?rev=1.28&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&only_with_tag=MAIN

NetBSD Problem Report #54561 - Subject: pxeboot TFTP block2+ acks broken https://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=54561

NetBSD Problem Report #54562 - Subject: pxeboot NFS V2 READ Call into the void https://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=54562

How can I make the nfs server support protocol version 2 in Ubuntu 17.10? https://askubuntu.com/questions/974696/how-can-i-make-the-nfs-server-support-protocol-version-2-in-ubuntu-17-10

Serve Either NFSv3 or NFSv4 From Ubuntu https://willhaley.com/blog/ubuntu-nfs-server/