Setup: I have a small mini-tower running FreeNAS 0.7* with nfs shares enabled – path = /mnt/share1
static IP = 192.168.1.250

I also have a laptop running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS connecting to the same network using wifi with a folder created to mount the share into:
/media/share1

Initially as above had a mount command in /etc/rc.local but because of the delay in logging in and connecting to the wifi, the script failed. I added the sleep command which worked but only if i logged in straight away.

I then found a few scripts which involved pinging the NASBox and once a reply ping was recieved then it mounted the command. So with a few tweaks and with help from friends more in the know than me we came with this script:

#!/bin/sh

while true;
do
ping -c1 192.168.1.250 > /dev/null &&
break;
done

mount -t nfs 192.168.1.250:/mnt/share1 /media/share1

Called it sharemount.sh and made the script executable and ran it in terminal (as sudo of course) and it worked! So, the next step was to have it run at boot. For this I copied it into /etc/init.d and ensured it was still executable. Then I had to update-rc.d (not sure f thats the right way to say it!) the script and make sure it had the correct run-levels. I wanted it to run after network had started so:

sudo update-rc.d sharemount.sh start 99 2 3 4 5 .

Rebooted the laptop and the share appeared. It even showed up on the desktop before the wifi login display appeared!

N.B. I know alot of the scripts are being slowly moved to upstart(?) but this worked for me so feel free to use it obviously because I know I’m not the only one with this problem. But also feel free to let me know if I have done anything wrong as I am still learning too!

I know its not ideal but for starters I have put the mount command in rc.local and had to add a ‘sleep 20′ command in the line above. Which gives me enough time to login and for wifi to connect. But fails if I don’t login straight away.

Am looking at some sort of pinging/loop script which doesn’t mount the share until it receives a reply from return ping from NASBox

sudo mkdir /nfs2
sudo mount -o soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=192.168.2.149:/DataVolume/Public /nfs2

tvin@tvin-Macmini ~ $ showmount -e 192.168.2.149
Export list for 192.168.2.149:
/DataVolume/tvin *
/DataVolume/Public *
/DataVolume/Download *
/DataVolume/acarburak *
tvin@tvin-Macmini ~ $ sudo mkdir /nfs
mkdir: cannot create directory `/nfs’: File exists
tvin@tvin-Macmini ~ $ sudo mount -o soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=192.168.2.149:/DataVolume/public /nfs
mount: can’t find /nfs in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
tvin@tvin-Macmini ~ $ df -h

Can anyone help?

how to solve this problem.

Using _netdev does not always work either. The boot process with nfs4 and newer distros does not wait.

You have to setup an rc script to mount nfs shares after network setup.

The folders on the NAS are protected by user/pass.

I cannot find anything on the web that tells me how i should send the user/pass along with the mount command :(

in windows i would just do \\ip\share and then enter user/pass when promted. seems much easier

Greetings from Denmark
Gregor

One thing I did notice was that my boot time has been made much longer. Is there a way to delay the mounting of the nfs shares?

Thank you :D