Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 23:43:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: nfs startup Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970905234250.7701L-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199709042231.XAA26182@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, Brian Somers wrote: > This has to be a dumb question, but I can't fathom it. > > /etc/rc sources /etc/rc.network and then runs network_pass1. > Directly afterwards, it runs ``mount -a -t nfs''. > > However, network_pass3 (invoked much later) starts nfsiod along with > the other nfs stuff. > > How is the ``mount -a -t nfs'' supposed to work ? nfsiod is more of a helper daemon for nfs; it'll still work without it. mount -a -t nfs will mount all filesystems of type nfs; this is probably necessary for diskless boots. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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