Re: first nfs mount in fstab fails
On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 08:46:09PM -0400, Ron Peterson wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 11:16:19PM +0100, Wackojacko wrote:
> > >I have an fstab, which after the usual local disk entries has nfs
> > >entries that look like:
> > >
> > >aservername:/s /s nfs rw,bg,intr,proto=tcp 0 0
> > >aservername:/alum /alum nfs rw,bg,intr,proto=tcp 0 0
> > >aservername:/users /users nfs rw,bg,intr,proto=tcp 0 0
> > >aservername:/u2 /u2 nfs rw,bg,intr,proto=tcp 0 0
> > >etc.
> > >
> > >On boot, the first mount consistently fails to mount. It manually
> > >mounts fine. If I switch entries around, the same thing happens - the
> > >first entry fails to mount.
> > >
> > >Any ideas?
> > >
> > Is the NFS support compiled into the kernel or loaded as a module. If its
> > a module then its possible it isn't loaded in time for the first line in
> > fstab, but is loaded by the time the rest are called, or you mount
> > manually. I had a similar problem with a Nvidia driver and X which was
> > solved by putting the module in /etc/modules so it loads on boot.
> >
> > Could also try compiling support in the kernel if this doesn't work.
>
> Thanks.
>
> I'm using nfs-kernel-server, and I have the relevent nfs kernel stuff
> statically linked... :(
>
> I'm mounting exports from a Tru64 alpha to Debian sarge on a Dell 2800,
> BTW. I forgot to try making the first nfs mount a different OS at work
> today, and I don't want to reboot from home (Murphy's law...). I'm
> going to try that tomorrow and see if that works better.
I have the same problem if the first mount is exported from another
Debian box. Whichever mount I put first is not mounted at boot, but
will mount fine manually afterwards.
??
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Ron Peterson
Network & Systems Manager
Mount Holyoke College
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~rpeterso
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