Re: NFS question

From: Scott McDermott (vaxerdec@frontiernet.net)
Date: Tue Feb 04 2003 - 14:50:20 EST


kernellist@source.intac.net on Tue 4/02 10:51 -0500:
> I have quite a few servers running kernel 2.4.18. I need to replace an
> nfs server that all my linux clients mount, and I want to know if
> there is a way for me to do this without having to umount and remount
> everything.

I *think* it will work if you keep major, minor, and inode numbers on
the new server the same for anything clients have mounted. These are
used to construct the cookies handed to clients.
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