Beldon Dominello on Fri, 14 Dec 2001 00:00:22 +0100


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Re: [PLUG] NFS Question


On Thursday 13 December 2001 02:13 am, you wrote:
> What does showmount on the Linux machine say?

It shows the hostname that originally mounted the volume.

> What version NFS client and server are involved? (Protocol v2 and
> v3 have some incompatibilities that make themselves known in ways
> like this; you can force the server to be one or the other, and you
> can *probably* force the client similarly. v2 is probably sufficient
> for your application.)

Don't know about the AIX box, I'll have to ask.  How does one force the Linux 
NFS server to act like v2?  I can try that with minimal effort.

> > For the record, I am mounting the CDROM on the Linux box, then mounting
> > the mount point on the AIX box.
>
> Try doing the NFS mount one level higher.

Did that.  Didn't work.

> It's quite possible that there are incompatibilities between Linux
> and AIX implementations even of the same version of the NFS
> protocol. If so, send bug reports to the most wrong. (Check the
> relevant RFCs before you point fingers.)

Actually, we have a service agreement with IBM, so if it gets to that point, 
I can call IBM support.

Thanks for the help!

-- 
Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner.
Conscience makes egotists of us all.
		-- Oscar Wilde

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