Within my UML image (stable Gentoo) starting /etc/init.d/nfsmount doesn't mount the defined directory from my host system (stable Gentoo too) however an mount at the command line for that directory works : n22_uml ~ # grep nfs /etc/fstab n22:/tmp /mnt/nfs/n22_tmp nfs noauto n22_uml ~ # mount -a -t nfs n22_uml ~ # ls /mnt/nfs/n22_tmp/ n22_uml ~ # mount /mnt/nfs/n22_tmp/ n22_uml ~ # ls /mnt/nfs/n22_tmp/ -1697239141 etherXXXX3244Js hsperfdata_tfoerste ksocket-tfoerste ssh-caGYnd4930 _sametime_mon38004script gpg-1Q0tku kde-tfoerste resolv.conf n22_uml ~ # umount /mnt/nfs/n22_tmp/ n22_uml ~ # ls /mnt/nfs/n22_tmp/ n22_uml ~ # It seems that the "mount -a" doesn't even try to mount that directory b/c I saw no network traffic within wireshark. Reproducible: Always
noauto Can only be mounted explicitly (i.e., the -a option will not cause the file system to be mounted).
*shame* I'm completely blind ... sry
