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Thread ID: 84775 2007-11-18 00:42:00 Linux - NFS issues personthingy (1670) Press F1
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612642 2007-11-19 05:58:00 Look at your init scripts, specifically /etc/rc2.d. It probably specifies eth0 there. Modify accordingly. vinref (6194)
612643 2007-11-19 06:08:00 About now I'd be inclined to reinstall (# apt-get install nfs-kernel-server nfs-common portmap) and double check configs Myth (110)
612644 2007-11-20 07:54:00 The workaround is simple.

As root, i type the command
mount -a and suddenly all the NFS mounts specified in fstab are mounted, even though they failed to mount as the machine boots up.

I'm not alone in this problem. we found the same problem with the other client machine on my network, as Ziggys NFS mounts failed to be untill the same command was typed. He runs Suse 10.3, so it seems it's not limited to Debian-Etch by any means!

O well, awaiting the new machine, so i can see how a Debian-Lenny client machine copes with NFS.
personthingy (1670)
612645 2007-11-20 08:10:00 I had something similar to this recently while trialling Ubuntu (NFS client). It wouldn't mount exported shares on bootup (which were in fstab), but I was manually able to mount them after bootup.
My workaround was to create a script that mounted them soon after bootup. The assumption was that the wireless device was initiating AFTER the NFS shares were attempting to mount. It worked. Maybe this is whats happening with you, your eth* device is initiating after fstab has been read
Myth (110)
612646 2007-11-20 08:26:00 I'm not alone in this problem. we found the same problem with the other client machine on my network, as Ziggys NFS mounts failed to be untill the same command was typed. He runs Suse 10.3, so it seems it's not limited to Debian-Etch by any means!I'm guessing the same as Myth, it has something to do with the order of the services starting and the partition mounting. I noticed that your shared directories were on a different partition to /. As an experiment, you could make a shared folder on / and see if it gets mounted automatically during bootup. Jen (38)
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