From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 8 14:00:55 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA10491 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 14:00:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp1.vnet.net (smtp1.vnet.net [166.82.1.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA10479 for ; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 14:00:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by smtp1.vnet.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA08762; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 17:00:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes.dignus.com [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA01064; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 17:43:37 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.9.1/8.6.9) id RAA08351; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 17:02:19 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 17:02:19 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199902082202.RAA08351@lakes.dignus.com> To: lpoulsen@utilicom.com, rivers@dignus.com Subject: Re: Strange NFS Problem Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199902082153.NAA07516@janus.utilicom.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > At 04:44 PM 2/8/99 -0500, Thomas David Rivers wrote: > > First - I'm dying to know what application is only available for FreeBSD! > >(That's a good sign!) > > This is a network simulation package, which uses the kernel interface to allow > interaction with devices on the real network. Pretty cool stuff! > > > Second - when you say NFS mounts from an HP-UX system, do you mean > >HP-UX <-> LINUX or HP <-> FreeBSD? > > The file system resides on Linux (RedHat 5.2). > A HP-UX system imports it and can read and write correctly. > FreeBSD fails to write (but creates empty files). > > > Third - I believe there were some NFS bugs in the 2.2.x branch that > >were not fixed. (Seems like I saw that mentioned on the -hackers list) > >When 3.1 comes out (next week?) you might consider upgrading to that. > > I scanned the GNATS database and didn't find anything relevant. > I have read some of the correspondence, and it looks like the upgrade > from 2.2.x to 3.1 is going to be painful; I was hoping to put it off. > You know - the symptoms you describe sound kinda familiar. You may want to scan the -hackers list to see if anyone discussed it. - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message