From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 12 0:46:30 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [216.240.41.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A76B154DC for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 00:46:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id AAA68588; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 00:46:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 00:46:15 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <200001120846.AAA68588@apollo.backplane.com> To: Martin Blapp Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: move portmap(8) from /usr/sbin to /sbin References: 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 I do not like the idea of moving portmap or mountd. An NFS client should not have to run either, *even* for diskless boot. What's all this about loopback mounts in fstab about? What does that have to do with diskless startup? -Matt Matthew Dillon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message