From owner-freebsd-current Sat Jan 9 17:11:44 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA09536 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 17:11:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA09529 for ; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 17:11:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dom@myrddin.demon.co.uk) Received: from [158.152.54.180] (helo=myrddin.demon.co.uk) by post.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 2.10 #1) id 0zz9PJ-0002h2-00; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 01:11:09 +0000 Received: from localhost (myrddin.demon.co.uk) [127.0.0.1] by myrddin.demon.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #1) id 0zz9P8-0000UY-00; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 01:10:58 +0000 To: Joe Abley Cc: Jaye Mathisen , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How's 3.0-current as an NFS client? References: <19990109000156.B17962@clear.co.nz> From: Dom Mitchell In-Reply-To: Joe Abley's message of "Sat, 9 Jan 1999 00:01:56 +1300" X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/XEmacs 20.4 - "Emerald" Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 01:10:58 +0000 Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Joe Abley 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