Filesystem

Fix broken fstab file

• at the grub prompt, hit "A" key to append options
• add init=/bin/bash to the kernel command line
• mount -o remount,rw /
• nano /etc/fstab
• reboot

NFS

Server

• Install: sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server
• Start/stop: sudo service nfs-kernel-server restart
• share /data/share-osx as alias /share-osx:
  • create mount point: sudo mkdir -m 000 /share-osx
  • sudo chmod 777 /data/share-osx
  • sudo mount --bind /data/share-osx /share-osx to mount automatically after booted, add the following to /etc/fstab:

    /data/share-osx /share-osx none    bind 0 0

  • add to /etc/exports:

    /share-osx 192.168.56.0/24(rw,insecure,all_squash,anonuid=1000,anongid=1000,sync,no_subtree_check)
    # anonuid, anongid: userId/groupId (numberic) to assign to all files in the share

Client

• install: sudo apt-get install nfs-common
• create mount point: sudo mkdir -m 000 /nfs-share
• Mount: sudo mount 192.168.56.1:/share-osx /nfs-share
  • on OSX, add o resvport arugment
• Add to /etc/fstab:
  • 192.168.56.1:/share-osx /nfs-share nfs rw,async,noatime 0 0
    • add resvport if on OSX