Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 01:10:58 +0000 From: Dom Mitchell <dom@myrddin.demon.co.uk> To: Joe Abley <jabley@clear.co.nz> Cc: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@internetcds.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How's 3.0-current as an NFS client? Message-ID: <E0zz9P8-0000UY-00.qmail@myrddin.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Joe Abley's message of "Sat, 9 Jan 1999 00:01:56 %2B1300" References: <Pine.NEB.3.95.990104172210.634S-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net> <E0zyAiU-00004K-00.qmail@myrddin.demon.co.uk> <19990109000156.B17962@clear.co.nz>
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Joe Abley <jabley@clear.co.nz> writes: > On Thu, Jan 07, 1999 at 08:22:54AM +0000, Dom Mitchell wrote: > > > > Personally, I'd still describe it as a tad flaky. It works for most > > things, but at present, there are at least 3 things I can do with an > > nfs mounted home directory that cause the box to hang. These include > > starting netscape or xcopilot and sending mail with MH (a bit bizzare > > that last one, I'll admit). These are mostly just minor annyoances > > for me at the moment which I can live with, but I'd beware of putting > > a heavy NFS load on it. > > > > This is with a current compiled each Monday morning. > > I run 3.0 about as current as you every day as an NFS client, and I have > seen no issues for months. The NFS server in my case is a SPARC Solaris > 2.5.1 box, and I am running NFSv2/UDP. > > What's your server? Solaris 2.6. NFSv2/UDP. Actually, for all that, this week's -current appears to be running netscape successfully again. I think the last set of changes to the nfs directory may have improved my stability qute a bit... -- When I said "we", officer, I was referring to myself, the four young ladies, and, of course, the goat. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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