
OWC JUPITER CALLISTO
USERS, GROUPS, & PERMISSIONS
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6.2.5 Connecting to an NFS share in Windows
Depending on your Windows version, you may or may not be able to mount an NFS share without downloading a
separate application to do so. These instructions are for mounting an NFS share in Windows 7 and in Windows 8 Enterprise.
First, you will need to make sure that support for mounting NFS shares is turned on. Go to ‘Computer’, then ‘Control Panel’,
then ‘Programs and Features’. Click the option that says, ‘Turn Windows features on or off’, then in the list that appears
scroll down to find ‘Services for NFS’. Expand this entry if possible and then click the checkbox for both items inside it.
Some Windows versions will only have one entry rather than an expandable one with multiple sub-categories. Click ‘OK’
at the bottom of the screen to activate the services.
Next, open an Explorer window, then right-click on ‘Computer’ and select ‘Map network drive...’ In the next window, select
a drive letter to assign to the share, then in the ‘Folder’ section, follow the formula:
[IP address of Callisto]:[complete file path to the NFS share]
For example, if the IP address of your Callisto is 192.168.0.115 and the path that you specified when creating the NFS share
is /mnt/pool/callisto, then you would enter:
192.168.0.115:/mnt/pool/callisto
Make sure to enter the colon between the IP address and the beginning of the file path. When you connect, the NFS share
will mount as a network drive and be available in an Explorer window.