Messages in this thread | | | From | Martin Mares <> | Subject | Re: random errors NFSROOT mount | Date | Mon, 11 Mar 1996 12:23:53 +0100 (MET) |
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Hello,
> I am trying to setup a PC as a diskless Linux machine, by booting a kernel > with NFSROOT enabled from floppy. I have configured the IP addresses with > Linux command line parameter NFSADDRS, and the root directory that should > be mounted with NFSROOT. This directory resides on an HP-UX box (HP-UX dutettf > A.09.01 A 9000/710), and the Linux kernel that is being booted is 1.3.71. > > Now this has worked a number of times, but more often not, and whether it works > or not seems not to be deterministic, at least on the face of it. > The error occuring is the server returning 'access denied' for the root > directory that is to be mounted. When I try to mount the same directory on the > same server from the same PC, but with PC-NFS under DOS, it works all the time. > This puzzles me.
> It seems that in the mountd server log on the HP, some of the times that access > was denied, the name of the directory that had to be mounted is logged _with an > appended LF character_. But not every time. So possibly some mount-point-name > mangling is happening somewhere along the way??? > > If anyone recognises what I am talking about, or has an idea of what is wrong, > or has a suggestion as to what I could try, please drop me a line.
Well, it would be good to boot Linux from a floppy and try to mount the directory manually using the "mount" command in order to test if it's a bug in the NFSroot code or in the NFS implementation itself. It's also possible it's a bug in HP-UX.
Martin Mares
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