This was recently fixed in the core-updates branch. J' On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 03:18:41PM +0100, Tom???? ??ech wrote: mount command from util-linux is expecting helpers in /sbin/ directory, which is not available on GuixSD. If found it when I tried to mount manully NFS: # mount -t nfs server:/some/path /mnt Manual page of `mount' - section EXTERNAL HELPERS and strace seems to agree: ... stat("/sbin/mount.nfs", 0x7ffe421e9080) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/sbin/fs.d/mount.nfs", 0x7ffe421e9080) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/sbin/fs/mount.nfs", 0x7ffe421e9080) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) getuid() = 0 geteuid() = 0 getgid() = 0 getegid() = 0 prctl(PR_GET_DUMPABLE) = 1 getuid() = 0 geteuid() = 0 getgid() = 0 getegid() = 0 prctl(PR_GET_DUMPABLE) = 1 stat("/run", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 lstat("/etc/mtab", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=17, ...}) = 0 lstat("/run/mount/utab", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 open("/run/mount/utab", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_CLOEXEC, 0644) = 3 close(3) = 0 mount("disk:/", "/mnt", "nfs", MS_MGC_VAL, NULL) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument) write(2, "mount: ", 7mount: ) = 7 write(2, "wrong fs type, bad option, bad s"..., 110wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on disk:/, missing codepage or helper program, or other error) = 110 write(2, "\n", 1 ) = 1 write(2, " (for several filesystems "..., 108 (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might need a /sbin/mount. helper program) ) = 108 write(2, "\n In some cases useful inf"..., 86 In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so. ) = 86 close(1) = 0 close(2) = 0 exit_group(32) = ? +++ exited with 32 +++ The best approach to me seems to patch mount so it search PATH or introduce some other environment variable to search helpers in. -- Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encrypted email. PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key.