phunni Posted December 17, 2002 Report Share Posted December 17, 2002 OK, this may be a long one :wink: I have been using Mdk 9.0 on my desktop for a little while now, with 8.2 & 8.0 before that. I recently decided that using my main desktop as a server for the rest of the network (sharing some files, a printer and my internet connection) was not the best idea. So I bought a low spec machine - Compaq Deskpro P133 with 32Mb memory and a network card. A floppy drive but no cd. I tried for ages to get network install via NFS working - and eventually did (9.0). At this point I added the second network card that had previously been in my other desktop to the compaq. Before I did that, I was able to ssh to the compaq and the NFS mount containing the install files and RPMs was still available. I now was unable to get an internet connection from my cable modem, but I still had the NFS and ssh capabilites. Eventually I got the internet working so I was at the position where the compaq could access the internet and I could ping and be pinged from anywhere on my local network. At this point, however, I discovered that I could no longer ssh to the compaq (it just timed out - no other errors) and neither does the compaq mount the RPM sources via NFS anymore. I wondered if it could be a problem with 9.0 - so I tried installing 8.2 on the compaq - but now, I cannot get anything from the NFS server running on my main machine at all(an HP machine). I cannot even see it if I go to "mount points" in the control center - even though it seems to be running. I am setting up all my exports via webmin - so I doubt that it's a syntax error in the /etc/exports file. This is where I am currently at. I want to be at the stage where I can install a couple more packages from the RPMs via NFS (I want to use firestarter and need the packages database to resolve dependencies). I also need to be able to share a printer and an internet connection. I ideally need to be able to ssh to the compaq from my HP, which will still be my main desktop. At present, my only idea is that the network card I moved got damaged in the move - this seems a little unlikely as I can still use it to ping and get some LAN connectivity, although without ssh and NFS there is little I can do with it. Please, please help - I am soooooooo frustrated with this and I really need to get it working. My network currently has no printer and no internet access - I am having to use a dial up in my entrance hall to enter this - annoying when I am paying for broadband! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylizard Posted December 17, 2002 Report Share Posted December 17, 2002 If you are that desperate, why not temporarily install a cd drive into the server/gateway computer and do a complete reinstall and set everything up right from the computer and not over ssh. Then, once everything is working. Do a complete backup and then start changing things. That way if you break something, you can restore from the back up. It would seem to be a faster solution to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunni Posted December 17, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2002 Hmmmm - I may have to do things that way - although I was hoping to avoid the expense of getting a cd drive (I'm already swapping things over from the HP, and I really don't think that swapping more things back and forth would actually make things easier) It already took a lot of persuading to ge my wife to agree to the purchase of the compaq - and that was pretty cheap! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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