Re: Mounting NFS root FS

[Jan Engelhardt]

>> >> ./run_init -c /mnt /sbin/init; # or similar
>> >> 
>> >> And you can also start locking after pivot_rooting to /mnt, that would 
>> >> not even require (/mnt)/var/lib/nfs to be a separate mount.
>> >
>> >Much better idea. You can delay starting rpc.statd until you have set up
>> >your filesystem provided that you are not running any programs that
>> >require NLM locking. If you do need to run such a program before you
>> >start rpc.statd, then you will have to use the '-onolock' mount option.
>> 
>> Since we're on the topic locking, is it because I am not running
>> statd on the client that my NFS client hangs during boot phase?
>
>If you have applications that try to set locks before rpc.statd is up
>and running, then that would explain it.

Even if the nfs mount is mounted using -o ro,nolock?


	-`J'
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