> Steven N. Hirsch wrote:
> > I'm still not having much luck with mounting both physical volumes on the
> > NFS server. The server has this in /etc/exports:
> >
> > /usr/src air.steve.net(no_root_squash,rw,insecure,async) \
> > cy.steve.net(no_root_squash,rw,insecure,async) \
> > amd.fast.net(no_root_squash,rw,insecure,async)
> >
> > / air.steve.net(no_root_squash,rw,insecure,async) \
> > cy.steve.net(no_root_squash,rw,insecure,async) \
> > amd.fast.net(no_root_squash,rw,insecure,async)
> >
> > On the client machine "air" I am using Linux autofs, with the following
> > map:
> >
> > amd amd.fast.net:/
> > * &.steve.net:/
> > cy/usr/src cy.steve.net:/usr/src
> >
> > If I do "cd /net/cy" on the client, it properly mounts the root of 'cy'
> > under /net/cy. If I then 'cd /net/cy/usr/src', the most bizarre
> > behavior begins. The first time, it mounted the /usr/src partition, but
> > the underlying / disappeared. Then, when I cd'ed back to /net/cy/usr/src,
> > it too was missing! Finally, it appeared as if I was trapped in a loop
> > where /net/cy/usr/src on the client recursively contains a 'net'
> > subdirectory, which contains... You guessed it, 'cy', etc, etc.
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> I'm not sure what's going on in your setup, but I have been able to get
> submounts working here. I tried exporting two volumes
>
> /usr/nfstest
> /mnt/tmp
>
> I can then mount /usr/nftest as /mnt/nfs and submount /mnt/tmp as
> /mnt/nfs/tmp, and things appear to work correctly.
>
> In your case perhaps exporting the root and a subdirectory is confusing
> things? As a test, why don't you try exporting a couple of
> subdirectories and see if you can mount them OK.
You mean sans root? Ok, I'll give that a whack.
Steve