this would be technical possible but it's not an answer to my question! (i don't wanted a workaround i wanted a solution!) imagine a situation where ftp or http protocol are not the allowed choice and you have to use nfs ... ;-) helge. Harald.Milz@compu tacenter.com To 06/09/2004 12:54 Helge Koehn/Germany/IBM@IBMDE PM cc Subject Re: [suse-autoinstall] nfs timeouts?! client or server specific?! http? ftp? Mit freundlichen Gruessen - Best regards Harald Milz Senior Consultant CC CompuNet AG & Co. oHG A part of Computacenter plc Hoerselbergstrasse 7, 81677 Muenchen, Germany Phone: +49 (0)89 45712-161, Fax: -331, Mobile: +49 (0)173 3866604 E-Mail : Harald.Milz@computacenter.com Visit us on the Internet: http://www.computacenter.com Visit our Online-Shop: http://www.compunet.de/connect This email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose or use the information contained in it. If you have received this mail in error, please tell us immediately by return email and delete the document. Helge Koehn on 09.06.2004 11:52:27 To: suse-autoinstall@suse.com cc: Subject: [suse-autoinstall] nfs timeouts?! client or server specific?! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- hi mailinglist, we have setup an autoyast environment which serves the installation data via nfs. we are facing the situation that some clients can't connect to the nfs-server (others do), the automatic installation process wents back to the manual installation menu. if we choose there network install and as source nfs the client find its way and can connect to the nfs install server, the installation starts and a "half automatic" installation goes on. how can we be sure that the client also connects to the nfs-server without going through the menu by hand?! are there any possible settings or parameters for the nfs-server or the client to change, may be timeout values or something like that?! thanks for answers. :-) helge. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help@suse.com COMPUTACENTER (UK) LTD The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named addressee only. It contains information which may be confidential and which may also be privileged. Unless you are the named addressee (or authorised to receive for the addressee) you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you received it in error please notify us immediately and then destroy it. Computacenter information is available from http://www.computacenter.com This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. ***************************************************************************************************************************