thanx so much for helping ..
after running nfsd manually i.e rpc.nfsd 8 ( in /usr/sbin) and after that rpcinfo -p , I am getting the following output.
PROGRAM            VERS PROTO                              PORT                          
 
100000                     2         tcp                                   111                       portmapper
100000                     2         udp                                  111                      portmapper
100024                     1         udp                                   32768                  status
100024                     1         tcp                                   32768                  status
100003                     2         udp                                   2049                      nfs
100003                     3         udp                                   2049                      nfs
100021                     1         udp                                   32770              nlockmgr
100021                     3         udp                                   32770                   ,,
100021                     4         udp                                  32770                     ,,
 

but without manually running rpc.nfsd 8 i get only the portmapper and status lines( total 4) .......
what is the problem..CUD it be that  my rpc.nfsd is in /usr/sbin and I have installed the binaries in /sbin.........
Do reply
Also here is what my  /proc/fs/nfs   shows (actually nothing)
# version 1.0
# Path Client (Flags) # IPs
 
Bye
Tina