3.1.11.4. NFS mount

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The external Linux NFS server (goofy) resides behind a firewall (gateway). I have a very relaxed security policy on my LAN since I am the only user. To enable NFS access, the NFS server side needs to add /etc/exports as follows:

     # /etc/exports: the access control list for filesystems which may be
     #               exported to NFS clients.  See exports(5).
     /       (rw,no_root_squash)

This is needed to activate the NFS server in addition to installing and activating the NFS server and client packages.

For simplicity, I usually create a single partition of 2GB for an experimental or secondary lazy Linux install. I optionally share swap and /tmp partitions for these installs. A multipartition scheme is too involved for these usages. If only a simple console system is needed, 500MB may be more than sufficient.

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