NFS/Client

Kernel Configuration
Enter the "make menuconfig" configuration screen and enable the following options:

Most systems are currently using NFS version 3. NFS version 4 support is optional, but shouldn't cause you any issues. If you opt to build NFS client support as a module, it will be called nfs.

Userspace Utilities
Once your kernel has updated (if needed) and you've booted into it, install the userspace utilities with:

Mounting the NFS Share
As root, mount the NFS share using the following command, where HOSTNAME is replaced with the IP address or hostname of the NFS server, /path/to/sharedDirectory is the directory to be mounted and /mnt/target is replaced with the location you want the share mounted. Make sure portmap (for nfs-utils < 1.2.x) or rpcbind (for nfs-utils >= 1.2.x) is started on the client machine.

For nfs-utils < 1.2.x: For nfs-utils >= 1.2.x:

Now, we can mount the share itself:

For NFSv4, replace nfs with nfs4.

Fstab Entries
If you want users to be able to mount the share, or just for convenience, you can add an entry to ,

or use a hostname from your file.

Automounting on Boot
If you want your fstab entries mounted on startup, remove noauto from the list of options in and add nfsmount to the default runlevel:

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