NFS mount fails with error: "mount: mount to NFS server 'server_name' failed: RPC error: Program not registered."

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Issue

Error message during bootup and also with manual mount command:

mount: mount to NFS server 'nfs-server' failed: RPC error: Program not registered. 

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (NFS server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (NFS client)

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