Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1461 mails)

[Roger Oberholtzer <roger@xxxxxx>]

On May 12, 2009, at 3:43 PM, Randall R Schulz wrote:

> Hi,
>
> It seems like a routine thing, but I can't find any information.
>
> Given an NFS share (server-side) and an fstab entry (client-side) that
> can be successfully mounted manually, what must be done on the cliet
> side to get that share mounted during reboot?

Is the NFS server booting at the same time as the NFS client? If so,  
you cannot do this. It is a known issue. The problem is that the NFS  
server that is also booting will, when it's networking starts, and  
before its NFS server starts, reply to the client's nfs request in  
such a way that the client stops trying to mount. The client does not  
try again. I fought with this a year or so ago. What is needed is that  
the server network does NOT reply to NFS requests before its own NFS  
is up. But that is not what happens. I have checked what the client is  
told. So, I must mount the things later. Another option suggested at  
the time was to use automount so they will be mounted when accessed.  
That is probably the proper solution anyway.

OTOH, if the server is already up, then this should work fine. It does  
for me on an OpenSUSE box with no customization and just standard  
entries in the /etc/fstab.

Roger Oberholtzer

OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST

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And remember:

It is RSofT and there is always something under construction.
It is like talking about large city with all constructions finished.
Not impossible, but very unlikely.

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