Re: nfs compatibility bug between linux and other os'es

David Woodhouse (David.Woodhouse@mvhi.com)
Mon, 05 Jul 1999 13:20:14 +0100


andreas.brodmann@gmaare.migros.ch said:
> Our goal is to create Linux servers rootmounted on the NetApp filer.

You will have problems getting file locking to work on your root filesystem -
I believe that you have to start rpc.statd _before_ mounting the NFS
filesystem, which is obviously a little difficult if it's the root filesystem.

---- ---- ----
David Woodhouse David.Woodhouse@mvhi.com Office: (+44) 1223 810302
Project Leader, Process Information Systems Mobile: (+44) 976 658355
Axiom (Cambridge) Ltd., Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridge, CB5 0NA, UK.
finger dwmw2@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk for PGP key.

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/