NFS Services Administrator's Guide

Troubleshooting NFS Services
Common Problems with NFS
Chapter 8 305
If You Receive a “Too Many Levels of Remote in Path”
Message
This message indicates that you are attempting to mount a directory
from a server that has NFS-mounted the directory from another server.
You cannot “chain” your NFS mounts this way. You must mount the
directory from the server that has it mounted on a local disk.