Check to see that the /etc/initd daemon is running.
1) Log on to the system as "root".
2) Enter the line:
ps -ef | grep mount
The output should look like this:
root 317 107 0 Apr 25 ? 0:05 rpc.mountd
If you did not get this output, do these steps:
1) Enter the line:
grep inetd /etc/inittab
You should see this output:
net9:2:respawn:/etc/inetd
The inetd daemon starts the rpc.mountd daemon. If the output does not
match the above output, edit the file /etc/inittab and change that line
so that it does.
2) Shut the system down into single-user mode;
# sync; sync
# init 1.
3) Bring the system back up into multi-user mode
# init 2