Gemini Dm800 NFS mount of readyNAS

[stvy]

Hi,

I am trying to set-up an NFS share on the DM800. The DM800 will be the client and a readyNAS will be the server.

I want the mount to be persistent so I intend to enter it into /etc/fstab. I added the readyNAS IP address into /etc/hosts, and can succesfully ping it. I also created a directory /mnt/readyNAS

At the command line if I type:

mount -t nfs readyNAS:/media /mnt/readyNAS

It works.

Ok so the entry in the /etc/fstab reads:

readyNAS:/backup /mnt/readyNAS nfs defaults,rw,sync,no_subtree_check 0 0

I find that it hangs a lot; a simple "ls" command can hang forever. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Steve

 

[shumifan50]

I have not been using NFS recently, but when I last used them on dreamboxes they were very unstable. I started using CIFS mounts, which are slower, but they proved more stable. As far as I am aware readyNAS supports Windows and therefore CIFS mounts. Give it a try. I troublesome NFS mount will most likely perform worse than a reliable CIFS mount.

 

[LowNoiseBloke]

I don't know anything about E2 images on DM800 etc but on my DM7000 and DM7020 I don't have any serious problems recording to NFS shares using an ad-hoc mount command such as : mount -t nfs -o nolock 192.168.0.1://mnt/hdb2/Recordings /var/mnt/nfs
However on the whole I do tend to use CIFS more than NFS mainly because I also record to a Buffalo Linkstation.
shumifan50's advice is sound and worth following up. I would only add that a more effective approach than adding the mount info to /etc/fstab (is there also /etc/mtab to consider ?) might be to add the mount command to one of the startup scripts - exactly where depends on the image you're running. You would need though to ensure that the network is up and running first.

 

[stvy]

HI,

Ok looks like CIFS is a good idea.

Can anyone show me an example mount command for a CIFS share?

(Btw; I tried tcp nfs and it is hard to tell but maybe a little better but still not very good.)

Thanks,

Stvy

 

[LowNoiseBloke]

I mount a Linkstation share as a hard disk replacement with :
mount -t cifs -o username=user,password=mypassword //192.168.0.1/share-name /hdd
Obviously replace 192.168.0.1 with whatever i/p address your server uses.
Hope that helps.

 

[shumifan50]

You will most likely have to set up a Windows share on your readyNAS as well.

 

[LowNoiseBloke]

BTW : the sequence MENU->Settings->Expert Setup->Communication Setup->Mounts (blue button ?) should allow you to define, test and save for automatic re-mount upto 8 network shares. This might be easier and more effective than typing ad-hoc shell commands.