mounting NFS remote volumes on boot-up?

[Bill Janssen]

Ned, Brendan,

Thanks, I'll try that.

Bill

Ned Deily wrote:
> Not exactly "modern" but one way is to create mount entries in your 
> local netinfo domain, using Netinfo Manager.app or from the command line 
> with "nicl" or "niload".  The nfs volumes will then be automounted as 
> needed.  There are various ways to do this.  See, for example:
> 
> http://mactechnotes.blogspot.com/2005/08/mac-os-x-as-nfs-client_31.html
> 
> I use something similar to the suggestion in the comments near the 
> bottom of the page, that is using the "net" opts flag which causes the 
> mount points to be automatically created under /Network/Servers/.
> 
> The usual warnings about using caution when mucking around with netinfo 
> apply.

Brendan Mahoney wrote:
> If you want to static mount the file system you can use Netinfo  
> Manager or niload at the command line.
> 
> eg
> sudo niload -r /mounts / < ni_mounts
> 
> where ni_mounts is a file of the form:
> 
> {
>    "name" = ( "mounts" );
>    CHILDREN = (
>      {
>        "name" = ( "server:/the/path/to/folder1" );
>        "dir" = ( "/Network/Servers" );
>        "opts" = ( "net" );
>        "vfstype" = ( "nfs" );
>      },
>      {
>        "name" = ( "server:/the/path/to/folder2" );
>        "dir" = ( "/Network/Servers" );
>        "opts" = ( "net" );
>        "vfstype" = ( "afp" );
>      }
>    )
> }