On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 22:52:22 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. I am using a notebook to share a debian mirror via a nfs mount. > > However the bootup of the notebook has become very slow, due to a 2minute 40 > second 'pause' in the script S20nfs-kernel-server in /etc/rc2.d while the > program /sbin/exportfs -r is run. I am booting up not connected to the > network. > > What is causing this timeout? I think that dns may be screwed up on the > system... i know this cause I had to add the explicit ip addresses of device > on the network to /etc/hosts to avoid a 10 second timeout for ssh between > other systems and the notebook. > > I am struggling to understand cacheing nameservers. > Of course my nfs - exportfs issues may be unrelated to my dns issues :). I > just may be a multifactorial newbie/screwup here. :) > Mitchell >
Do you have host-name based authroity in your /etc/exports file? ex: /mirror host1,host2(ro) If you do, NFS will try and resolve all hostnames first and cause a really long timeout if it can not. Just an idea... -- Darryl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://smartssa.com / http://darrylclarke.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
