> > > Nov 16 17:43:56 barn kernel: RPC: sendmsg returned error 101
> > > Nov 16 17:43:56 barn last message repeated 3 times
> > > Nov 16 17:43:56 barn kernel: portmap: server localhost not responding, \
> > > timed out
> > >
> > > it continues on its merry way after that, though. I run mount-2.7f, btw.
> >
> > Not sure what's wrong here .. maybe things are starting in the wrong
> > order?
>
> Yep. The portmapper needs to be started _before_ you mount remote
> filesystems so that the kernel's lockd can register itself. On at
> least standard Red Hat systems, the portmapper is started later in
> the boot sequence.
That's really quite silly. My root nfs is about 1M big and only has bare
essentials to run init and mount the rest. I really don't want to start
putting all sorts of extra stuff in my root.
Thanks for explaining where the problem was.
Greg Alexander - also <gralexan@indiana.edu> - http://sietch.home.ml.org/
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