Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if neccessary: File systems: Network File Systems: NFS File System Support: M or Y NFS Server Support: M or Y Select the appropriate sub-options that appear when the above options are selected. Install nfs-utils by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc && make && make install If your /usr directory is NFS mounted, you should install the executables in /sbin by passing an additional parameter --sbindir=/sbin to the above ./configure command.