syslog showed the following: Aug 29 23:30:06 sepulveda nfsd[63343]: Can't open /var/db/nfs-stablerestart
upon googling, the answer can be found here: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2010-September/019831.html I created the file manually, and now NFS starts fine. -- http://www.simonweald.com Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig)