# NFS Error

**URL:** <https://forums.digi.com/t/nfs-error/6134>\
**Category:** Linux\
**Created:** [December 18, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/nfs-error/6134 "2009-12-18T15:17:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jrford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@jrford](https://forums.digi.com/u/jrford)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/nfs-error/6134/1 "2009-12-18T15:17:39Z")

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I am using the Connect ME 9210 with Digi Embedded Linux development kit. My development machine is running off the live CD that came with the kit.

After building a new kernel and rootfs when I try to boot the target the kernel loads over TFTP just fine but the rootfs won’t mount. I receive this error: “Root-NFS: Server returned error -13 while mounting /exports/nfsroot-cme9210js”.

I have confirmed that nfsroot-cme9210js exists in /exports on the host. I have also confirmed that /exports is in the /etc/exports file.

What could be wrong?

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**Author:** ![LeonidM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@LeonidM](https://forums.digi.com/u/LeonidM)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/nfs-error/6134/2 "2010-02-19T02:45:46Z")

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NFS does not work when booting from liveDVD becuase it’s readonly and linux requires rw. You have to install distribution to your harddrive to make it work.