Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:26:15 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> Subject: Re: NFS - DNS fail stops boot in mountlate Message-ID: <201101071626.p07GQF5u028520@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:03:35 EST." <201101071103.35500.jhb@freebsd.org>
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Hi, Reference: > From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> > Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 11:03:35 -0500 > Message-id: <201101071103.35500.jhb@freebsd.org> John Baldwin wrote: > On Friday, January 07, 2011 10:29:22 am Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > > I've seen a regression in 8 at work where NFS mounts seem to fail on DNS on > > > every boot (we have a small number of mounts, < 10) whereas 7 worked fine on > > > every boot. I haven't tracked it down yet, but 8 is certainly more fragile > > > than 7 for mounting NFS on boot. > > > > /etc/defaults/rc.conf has nfs_server_flags="-u -t -n 4" > > > > Once I had a server with example /etc/rc.conf -n 10 > > & had problems when I added partions beyond eg 10 ... > > so I suggest check rc.conf against fstab & /etc/exports > > That should not matter for establishing mounts. Also, keep in mind that 7 > worked fine with the same settings. In fact, I'm just booting an 8 kernel > on the same 7 userland currently and it's only the 8 kernel that has the > problem (a pure 8 system also has the same symptoms, so it's not a problem > due to mixing a 7 world with 8 kernel). > > -- > John Baldwin OK, I have no /etc/fstab direct invoked NFS mounts, Just AMD & NFS invoked (on mixed net of Releases: 8,7,6,4 I guess my DNS has longer to start (or my AMD+NFS falls back to other hosts already running DNS) Good luck tracing it. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Mail plain text; Not quoted-printable, or HTML or base 64. Avoid top posting, it cripples itemised cumulative responses.
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