Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:14:13 -0500 From: Jeff Royle <lists@qwirky.net> To: Frank Staals <frankstaals@gmx.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: nfs_client_enable="YES" usage Message-ID: <4581B095.2060101@qwirky.net> In-Reply-To: <45819B33.5020501@gmx.net> References: <45819B33.5020501@gmx.net>
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Frank Staals wrote: > I am running a nfs-client and nfs-server here for quite some time and > I'm very happy about it. The client is my laptop ( running 6.1-RELEASE > ) and the server a 6.0-STABLE machine. I have enabled nfs_client with > nfs_client_enable="YES" on my FreeBSD laptop as stated in the > handbook: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-nfs.html > allthough when I'm not at home I notice FreeBSD halting during boot > after "NFS access cache time=2" , when I hit ctrl+c it continues fine. > Since I always mount my NFS dirs manually I started wondering about > how usefull the entry in /etc/rc.conf was. So I quoted out > nfs_client_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf and I still could mount my nfs > dirs perfectly > > So my question was: Is the entry in rc.conf only needed when mounting > a nfs dir at boot ? or is it not needed at all ( since my test proved > it isn't needed when you mount the dirs manually after boot ) > Referenced from man rc.conf ... nfs_client_enable - If set to YES run the NFS client daemons at boot time. You would need this option enabled to connect to a NFS server on boot, otherwise it is not needed. > .. now I have yet to figure out why my ndis NIC won't work when > disableing nfs_client :S .... > > Cheers, Jeff
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