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   Message 29,086 of 30,566   
   pinnerite to Dan Purgert   
   Re: mount problem   
   05 Sep 25 12:30:10   
   
   From: pinnerite@gmail.com   
      
   On Thu, 4 Sep 2025 19:36:44 -0000 (UTC)   
   Dan Purgert  wrote:   
      
   > On 2025-09-04, pinnerite wrote:   
   > > Ever since I  backed up to a second machine I had been using samba.   
   > > As a result I mounted using cifs and included username, password and   
   > > domain in the command line.   
   > >   
   > > I no longer need Samba and so reduced my mount statement to a minimal:   
   > >   
   > > $ sudo mount -t ext4 -o rw //192.168.1.120/backups/data/   /mnt/monty/data   
   > >   
   > > That doesn't work because [...]   
   >   
   > it's completely invalid for an ext4 filesystem, among other things.   
   >   
   > I'm going to assume this is an NFS mount, in which case   
   >   
   >   mount -t nfs 192.168.1.120:/backups/data /mnt/monty/data   
   >   
   > assuming, of course, "/backups/data" is the correct path on the remote   
   > machine.   
   >   
      
   The nfs-kernel-server had not been installed on the local machine but   
   was on the remote(?) Now remedied.   
      
   mount -t nfs 192.168.1.120:/backups/data /mnt/monty/data is correct but   
   it just times out.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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