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[Avi Schwartz <avi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had no problem reading and writing multiple large files, 21 MB and 26 MB 
files to and from NFS mounted share.  Both machines run Linux and the 
partitions are ReiserFS.

Avi

--On Monday, April 02, 2001 18:28:32 -0700 "Konstantin (Kastus) Shchuka" 
<kastus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Avi,
>
> You are right about fixing lockd under 2.4.2 but you are wrong
> stating that 2.4.2 is ready for prime time.
>
> NFS client in 2.4.2 has serious problems.
>
> I mount an NFS exported share from Solaris 2.7 onto my 7.1 system.
> Everything is fine when reading from NFS. When I try to copy a big
> (20+ Megs) file to NFS the cp command hangs and then spits
> input/output error message. Nothing gets copied.
>
> I reboot my Linux box into 2.2.18 kernel and repeat the same cp command.
> File gets copied.
>
> That means 2.4.2 kernel is ready for prime time with NFS for read-only.
> If that's the definition of prime time, let it be so...
>
> Could anybody on the list repeat this test, writing a big file to
> nfs-mounted disk using SuSE stock kernel 2.4.2?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Kastus
>
> On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 07:37:16PM -0500, Avi Schwartz wrote:
> > Unlike what other are saying, 2.4.2. is ready for prime time.  I am
> > attaching a mail message I sent this list last week regarding this
> > problem.  Is show how to fix it.  The problem is with the script that
> > starts NFS  under the 2.4.X kernels:
> >
> > When starting up the nfsserver under Kernel 2.4.2 I get the error
> > message  lockdsvc : invalid argument.  Searching the Internet (thanks
> > Google!), I  found some messages in the linux-kernel mailing list that
> > there is no need  to start rpc.lockd from the init scripts any more when
> > using rhe 2.4.X  kernels as it is loaded automatically on mount.  I
> > commented out these line  from /etc/rc.d/nfsserver:
> >
> >   checkproc -n lockd || \
> >       /usr/sbin/rpc.lockd
> >
> > and restarted the NFS server.  The error is gone and so far everything
> > seems to work.
> >
> > Avi
> >
> > --On Monday, April 02, 2001 15:20:33 -0700 "Konstantin (Kastus) Shchuka"
> > <kastus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > <rant mode>
> > >
> > > I lost whole Friday trying to upgrade my 7.0 box at work to 7.1.
> > > Finally I gave up understanding that the only way to upgrade is do a
> > > clean install.
> > >
> > > I would appreciate if that were written in BIG letters somewhere on the
> > > box.
> > >
> > > </rant mode>
> > >
> > > I did a clean install, chose kernel 2.4 as a default, system booted.
> > >
> > > Initially I didn't pay attention to the message:
> > >
> > > 	lockdsvc: Invalid argument
> > > 	exit status of /usr/sbin/rpc.lockd: 1
> > >
> > > from rcnfs script.
> > >
> > > Later I discovered that I cannot copy a big (19Megs) file to a
> > > nfs-mounted disk from  Solaris. There were no problems earlier when I
> > > was using SuSE 7.0.
> > >
> > > I can copy a small file, I can create directories, but as soon as I try
> > > to copy something big, I receive input/output error.
> > >
> > > I installed then 2.4.2 kernel form SuSE, and nfsutils-0.2.1-20. Nothing
> > > changed, same hanging and error while copying big file over nfs.
> > >
> > > Is this a feature of 7.1 with 2.4.2 kernel that NFS should not work?
> > >
> > >
> > > -Kastus
> > >
> > >
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> >
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