NFS Notes - OpenBSD /etc/rc.conf: nfs_server=NO # see sysctl.conf for nfs client configuration /etc/sysctl.conf: vfs.nfs.iothreads=4 # number of nfsio kernel threads rpcinfo -p servername showmount -e servername nfsstat mkdir /mnt/netbsd mount -o ro sunsite.org.uk:/public/packages/netbsd /mnt/netbsd Turns out its an NFS version issue: secure# rpcinfo -p quantum program vers proto port 100005 2 udp 1029 mountd 100005 1 udp 1029 mountd 100003 2 udp 2049 nfs 150001 2 udp 951 pcnfsd secure# rpcinfo -p sunsite.org.uk program vers proto port ...Clip... 100003 2 udp 2049 nfs 100003 3 udp 2049 nfs 100227 2 udp 2049 100227 3 udp 2049 100227 2 tcp 2049 100227 3 tcp 2049 Notice that Sunsite reports version 3 and version 2 of nfs and the quantum only version 2. It is my understanding that OpenBSD should try 3 and then 2, but it doesn't want to here. The following forced version 2 and the connection worked: mount_nfs -2 quantum:/sqlbackup /mnt/temp