Using Automount (autofs) to mount network disks

First verify you can mount it manually with "mount -t nfs physics:/home /home1"

REMOVE any manual mounts from /etc/fstab

/etc/auto.master
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# $Id: auto.master,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:03 hpa Exp $
# Sample auto.master file
# Format of this file:
# mountpoint map options
# For details of the format look at autofs(8).
/misc /etc/auto.misc --timeout=60
/auto /etc/auto.home --timeout=60


/etc/auto.home
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# $Id: auto.misc,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:04 hpa Exp $
# This is an automounter map and it has the following format
# key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
# Details may be found in the autofs(5) manpage

#kernel -ro,soft,intr ftp.kernel.org:/pub/linux
#cd -fstype=iso9660,ro,nosuid,nodev :/dev/cdrom

# the following entries are samples to pique your imagination
#floppy -fstype=auto :/dev/fd0
#floppy -fstype=ext2 :/dev/fd0
#e2floppy -fstype=ext2 :/dev/fd0
#jaz -fstype=ext2 :/dev/sdc1

home1 -rw,soft,intr physics:/home
home2 -rw,soft,intr physics:/home
home3 -rw,soft,intr physics:/home
web -rw,soft,intr physics:/web


then execute:
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umount /home1
umount /home2
umount /home3
umount /web
rmdir /home1
rmdir /home2
rmdir /home3
rmdir /web
ln -s /auto/home1 /home1
ln -s /auto/home2 /home2
ln -s /auto/home3 /home3
ln -s /auto/web /web
/etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs restart

If this doesn't work, try to "mount /home1 physics:/home1"