Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 22:41:19 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: dfr@render.com, hsu@cs.hut.fi Cc: freebsd-current@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: nfs mounts backgrounded? Message-ID: <199503101241.WAA32339@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
>> -current now backgrounds NFS mounts in /etc/rc? This breaks up things when >> local is mounted over NFS and local additions /etc/rc.local try to start up >> programs from local (which isn't mounted yet)? Are there any problems with >> not backgrounding the mount? >FreeBSD has always done this and I have always hacked out the background >in /etc/rc. Its never done me any harm. I always hack out the background and move the mount earlier so that /usr can be mounted over NFS. This causes the system to hang if the server isn't up, but that's what I want. Bruce *** /usr/src/etc/rc Sat Jan 28 20:40:13 1995 --- rc Sat Jan 28 20:41:08 1995 *************** *** 92,97 **** --- 92,99 ---- echo 'starting network' . /etc/netstart + mount -a -t nfs + # clean up left-over files rm -f /etc/nologin rm -f /var/spool/lock/* *************** *** 226,233 **** echo -n ' inetd'; inetd echo '.' - - mount -a -t nfs >/dev/null 2>&1 & # XXX shouldn't need background # if [ -x /usr/libexec/xtend ]; then # echo -n ' xtend'; /usr/libexec/xtend --- 228,233 ----
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199503101241.WAA32339>