From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 12 0:32: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mail.imp.ch (mail.imp.ch [157.161.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F1D514A0B for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 00:32:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mb@imp.ch) Received: from mephisto.imp.ch (mb@mephisto.imp.ch [157.161.1.22]) by mail.imp.ch (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA16882; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 09:31:57 +0100 (MET) Received: from localhost (mb@localhost) by mephisto.imp.ch (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA19664; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 09:31:55 +0100 (MEZ) Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 09:31:54 +0100 From: Martin Blapp To: "Rodney W. Grimes" Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: move portmap(8) from /usr/sbin to /sbin In-Reply-To: <200001120824.AAA27519@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > portmap(8) and therefore mountd(8) should be started before > > the nfs filesystems get mounted. But because portmap(8) is in > > /usr/sbin , users with a nfs mounted /usr filesystem or with > > diskless filesystems will have big problems. I mean, that if I do the change of startup-order, diskless installations will be broken. > > This will fix loopback and local mounts in fstab. Untill now > > this has not been possible because of the above reasons. Btw: > > Linux also has portmap(8) installed in /sbin. > You only need portmap and mountd to _export_ nfs, not to mount > them. For a normal installation this is ok, but as I said, diskless installs ... Martin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message