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Subject: Re: nfs startup 
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> On Thu, Sep 04, 1997 at 11:31:48PM +0100, Brian Somers wrote:
> > This has to be a dumb question, but I can't fathom it.
> >
> > /etc/rc sources /etc/rc.network and then runs network_pass1.
> > Directly afterwards, it runs ``mount -a -t nfs''.
> >
> > However, network_pass3 (invoked much later) starts nfsiod along with
> > the other nfs stuff.
> 
> You don't need nfsiod for mounting, but you do need to resolve the
> names.  If you're running a name server, I don't think it's reasonable
> to expect an /etc/hosts entry for each system you're mounting NFS file
> systems from.  Unfortunately, named doesn't get started until
> network_pass2, so this can't work in a name server environment.
> 
> Here's a suggested patch:
[.....]

But what about starting named in network_pass1 ?

> The & after the mount command is to let it continue to try to mount
> file systems on systems which are not currently up; otherwise system
> startup will hang at this point.  As you see, I also agree with the
> sentiment that the messages should be seen.

I've already removed the /dev/null bit, and agree that the & is a 
good idea too.

> Greg

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