From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 7 16:26:09 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 880B0106566B; Fri, 7 Jan 2011 16:26:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA22B8FC08; Fri, 7 Jan 2011 16:26:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from park.js.berklix.net (p5B22FEB6.dip.t-dialin.net [91.34.254.182]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p07GQ5VX043630; Fri, 7 Jan 2011 16:26:06 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by park.js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p07GQQ8s039156; Fri, 7 Jan 2011 17:26:26 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p07GQF5u028520; Fri, 7 Jan 2011 17:26:20 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <201101071626.p07GQF5u028520@fire.js.berklix.net> To: John Baldwin From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://www.berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultancy, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://www.berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://www.berklix.com In-reply-to: Your message "Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:03:35 EST." <201101071103.35500.jhb@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:26:15 +0100 Sender: jhs@berklix.com Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, grarpamp Subject: Re: NFS - DNS fail stops boot in mountlate X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:26:09 -0000 Hi, Reference: > From: John Baldwin > 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.