Re: nfs v2/v3 and diskless boot problem

2008-01-03 Thread Eric Anderson
Danny Braniss wrote: Danny Braniss wrote: Danny Braniss wrote: Danny Braniss wrote: there is an undocumented option: boot-nfsroot-options that the diskeless boot can use. I tried boot-nfsroot-options = "nfsv3" since the pxeboot does the initial mount via nfsv2, and this has at least

Re: nfs v2/v3 and diskless boot problem

2008-01-03 Thread Danny Braniss
> Danny Braniss wrote: > >> Danny Braniss wrote: > Danny Braniss wrote: > > there is an undocumented option: > > boot-nfsroot-options > > that the diskeless boot can use. I tried > > boot-nfsroot-options = "nfsv3" > > since the pxeboot does the initial moun

Re: nfs v2/v3 and diskless boot problem

2008-01-03 Thread Eric Anderson
Danny Braniss wrote: Danny Braniss wrote: Danny Braniss wrote: there is an undocumented option: boot-nfsroot-options that the diskeless boot can use. I tried boot-nfsroot-options = "nfsv3" since the pxeboot does the initial mount via nfsv2, and this has at least one problem: removing

Re: nfs v2/v3 and diskless boot problem

2008-01-02 Thread Danny Braniss
> Danny Braniss wrote: > >> Danny Braniss wrote: > >>> there is an undocumented option: > >>> boot-nfsroot-options > >>> that the diskeless boot can use. I tried > >>> boot-nfsroot-options = "nfsv3" > >>> since the pxeboot does the initial mount via nfsv2, and this has at least > >>> one probl

Re: nfs v2/v3 and diskless boot problem

2008-01-02 Thread Eric Anderson
Danny Braniss wrote: Danny Braniss wrote: there is an undocumented option: boot-nfsroot-options that the diskeless boot can use. I tried boot-nfsroot-options = "nfsv3" since the pxeboot does the initial mount via nfsv2, and this has at least one problem: removing a file from the reado

Re: nfs v2/v3 and diskless boot problem

2008-01-02 Thread Danny Braniss
> Danny Braniss wrote: > > there is an undocumented option: > > boot-nfsroot-options > > that the diskeless boot can use. I tried > > boot-nfsroot-options = "nfsv3" > > since the pxeboot does the initial mount via nfsv2, and this has at least > > one problem: removing a file from the reado

Re: nfs v2/v3 and diskless boot problem

2008-01-02 Thread Eric Anderson
Danny Braniss wrote: there is an undocumented option: boot-nfsroot-options that the diskeless boot can use. I tried boot-nfsroot-options = "nfsv3" since the pxeboot does the initial mount via nfsv2, and this has at least one problem: removing a file from the readonly / will hang the sy

nfs v2/v3 and diskless boot problem

2008-01-02 Thread Danny Braniss
there is an undocumented option: boot-nfsroot-options that the diskeless boot can use. I tried boot-nfsroot-options = "nfsv3" since the pxeboot does the initial mount via nfsv2, and this has at least one problem: removing a file from the readonly / will hang the system. so, the re

Re: nfs v2

2000-09-29 Thread Guy Harris
On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 10:47:24AM +0300, Danny Braniss wrote: > basicaly, if i understand your explanation, i will always have problems > with mknod and v2/v3. Yes, mknod done with V3 will, unless your server treats special file major/minor device numbers the way FreeBSD does, probably create a

Re: nfs v2

2000-09-29 Thread Danny Braniss
Wow! your message was educational and refreshing. somebody actualy knows! i will keep it for reference. as to your requests: since from all my experiments i've poluted too many file systems, i will start from scratch and send you a full report asap. basicaly, if i understand your explanation, i

Re: nfs v2

2000-09-28 Thread Guy Harris
> } 1) NFS V2 having, as I remember, insufficient bits in the > }major/minor device value used when creating special files to > }support more than 8 bits of major and 8 bits of minor device; > if i remember correctly,i copied the / over to the NetAPP via nfsv3 >

Re: nfs v2

2000-09-28 Thread Danny Braniss
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>you write: }Alfred is trying to tell you that the device files are not }NFS-importable because the device major/minor numbers are not the same }across OSs. You need to use a genuine FreeBSD /dev directory, and his }message suggests a couple of mechanisms that you cou

Re: nfs v2

2000-09-28 Thread Danny Braniss
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>you write: }I'll have to check on this when I get into work (please reply not only }to my address at home, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", but also to my work }address, which I'm CCing), but, if I remember correctly, I had to put }some amou

Re: nfs v2

2000-09-28 Thread Danny Braniss
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>you write: }* Danny Braniss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000927 23:36] wrote: }> hi, }> with 4.1: there seems to be a problem with nfs2 mounts to }> non freebsd hosts: }> mainly, the special files - eg /dev/null - show up as something like }> 0 crw-r--r-- 1 root w

Re: nfs v2

2000-09-28 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* Danny Braniss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000927 23:36] wrote: > hi, > with 4.1: there seems to be a problem with nfs2 mounts to > non freebsd hosts: > mainly, the special files - eg /dev/null - show up as something like > 0 crw-r--r-- 1 root wheel0, 0x0022 Sep 28 09:29 /mnt/tmp/n

nfs v2

2000-09-27 Thread Danny Braniss
hi, with 4.1: there seems to be a problem with nfs2 mounts to non freebsd hosts: mainly, the special files - eg /dev/null - show up as something like 0 crw-r--r-- 1 root wheel0, 0x0022 Sep 28 09:29 /mnt/tmp/null it's ok if the exporting os is freebsd, but so far: netapp,