NFS Problem after reboot

Support & Help Requests
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Hey All -

I have 2 UbuntuMate computers - I am using 1 as my main desktop, and the other as a server…

I followed the nfs configuration instructions from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpNFSHowTo and it worked just fine…

I created a Share folder on my ‘server’ home directory, and 2 external drives (for various media) and got them all mapped to my desktop computer… everything was working fine…

Then I had to reboot after an update…

Now, the external drives (on the desktop) have no data… [The drives themselves have data, and if I go on the server I see it just fine, but on the desktop - the link exists, but its an empty directory]…

What caused this? What is the best way to fix?

Thanks for any assistance!!!

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What are your permission settings like?, are you using something like Samba?. :smiley:

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I actually found the issue - just not sure how to solve it…

When I rebooted the ‘Server’ it remounted the external drives to /media/Archives1 instead of /media/Archives…

How can I get linux to have the drive mount to the directory of my choosing, not one it makes itself???

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When unmounted, try erasing those folders.

It depends what package is mounting the drives at start-up. If it’s fstab (filesystem table), you can tweak the entries in /etc/fstab (or use GNOME Disks, which can modify those entries with a GUI).