Hi,

As I said, if you don't use file locking (mount with "-o nolock"), then you can dispense with the portmapper and nfs-common packages altogether. Try this first, to make sure everything is working, before worrying about nfs-common.

Now, as I understand it (I'm not really an expert on NFS):

If you want file locking, then you need to install portmap. In addition, the nfs-common package provides the following:

/etc/default/nfs-common
/etc/init.d/nfs-common
/sbin/rpc.lockd
/sbin/rpc.statd
/sbin/showmount
/usr/sbin/nfsstat
/var/lib/nfs/, /var/lib/nfs/sm/, /var/lib/nfs/sm.bak/
various documentation files

rpc.lockd is an unused anachronism (lockd has moved into the kernel, except for very old or very strange kernels).

rpc.statd and the /var/lib/nfs directories are used for file lock recovery across reboots. This is probably not a big concern with the N800, assuming your setup and usage patterns are anything like mine.

The /etc files start up rpc.statd, assuming you also install the appropriate links. They aren't necessary if you run rpc.statd yourself (if you run it yourself, then you can, of course, install it wherever you like).

nfsstat and showmount are not necessary, but you may want them anyway.

Cheers,
Lon