Does adding '-alldirs' to the /etc/exports line help?

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On Wed, 22 May 1996, Kerry Gray wrote:

> 
> I am unable to get my SS1 to boot off the net from my pc with NetBSD 
> 1.1.  It seems that no matter what I try I get error 72 from mountd when 
> the kernel tries to mount the swap file.  I can only assume that there is 
> some error on my part with the configuration, since I don't see anyone 
> else complaining about it.
> 
> Here are my config files for the sparc ("sparcomatic") and the boot 
> server ("boot9"):
> 
> boot9's /etc/exports:
> 
> /usr/sparc -maproot=root sparcomatic
> 
> boot9's /etc/bootparams:
> 
> sparcomatic	root=boot9:/usr/sparc \
> 		swap=boot9:/usr/sparc/swapfile
> 
> boot9's and sparcomatic's /etc/hosts:
> 
> #
> 127.1		localhost localhost.hartnell.cc.ca.us
> #
> # Non-Imaginary network.
> 198.94.9.200	boot9 boot9.hartnell.cc.ca.us
> 198.94.9.201	sparcomatic sparcomatic.hartnell.cc.ca.us
> 198.94.9.253	jafar jafar.hartnell.cc.ca.us
> 198.94.11.253	einstein einstein.hartnell.cc.ca.us
> 198.94.9.240	doc doc.hartnell.cc.ca.us
> 
> I don't think it gets this far, but here is the sparc's /etc/fstab:
> 
> # experimental fstab for sparc kg
> boot9:/usr/sparc / nfs rw 0 0
> boot9:/usr/sparc/swapfile none swap rw 0 0
> # boot9:/usr/sparc/swapfile none nfs rw 0 0
> 
> 
> 
> The swap file was created by dd inside the root directory of the sparc, 
> namely /usr/sparc on the server.  I have tried other places, too, but 
> they all result in the same error 72.
> 
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>