Subject: Re: rpcbind trouble - Linux cannot mount nfs
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Bernd Sieker <bsieker@freenet.de>
List: current-users
Date: 06/07/2000 11:40:19
On 07.06.00, 10:49:12, Frank van der Linden wrote:
> 
> It was definitely using tcp, I ran tcpdump while attempting to mount
> from an RH 6 system. It could have been using tcp just to get the
> initial filehandle from the mountd, and later switch to udp for
> the actual NFS calls, but that would be a bit weird.

So then Linux is a bit weird. As if we didn't know already ;)

> 
> Mounting worked for me when I tried it, from Solaris 8, NetBSD 1.4.2.
> Unfortunately I did not have a change to try Linux again (and it was late),
> but I can't see a reason for it to fail now. Let me know what happens.

Now also works from Linux again. Thanks.

I've been using/administrating Unix for years; still nice to be able
to update _the_ vital system library in a live system, and just
restart the daemons, but not the system :)

("win32.dll cannot be replaced, because it is used by the system.")

> 
> - Frank
> 

-- 
Bernd Sieker

NetBSD, Net Improvement.
		-- Andrew Gillham