Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 Feb 2003 21:01:01 +0100 | From | Jakob Oestergaard <> | Subject | Re: NFS question |
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On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 02:50:20PM -0500, Scott McDermott wrote: > kernellist@source.intac.net on Tue 4/02 10:51 -0500: > > I have quite a few servers running kernel 2.4.18. I need to replace an > > nfs server that all my linux clients mount, and I want to know if > > there is a way for me to do this without having to umount and remount > > everything. > > I *think* it will work if you keep major, minor, and inode numbers on > the new server the same for anything clients have mounted. These are > used to construct the cookies handed to clients.
If you do not preserve inode numbers, it will for *certain* not work (speaking of experience ;)
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