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Date:      Thu, 24 Dec 1998 16:27:17 -0500 (EST)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD-alpha mailing list)
Subject:   Re: kernel make depend failure
Message-ID:  <13954.45089.385336.748730@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199812242052.VAA17196@yedi.iaf.nl>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.04.9812231841130.12294-100000@feral-gw> <199812242052.VAA17196@yedi.iaf.nl>

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Wilko Bulte writes:
 > > Are you using NFS ?
 > 
 > Bingo! I built a kernel from -current after copying the /sys tree
 > to a local disk on the axp33. That kernel booted just fine.
 > 
 > Strangely enough I have in the meantime built multiple kernels via NFS
 > that also worked fine. So, it looks like that 'sometimes' the use of NFS 
 > results in a non booting kernel. Nasty...
 > 
 > FWIW I'm using a FreeBSD226-release server, running a Kingston 10/100 PCI
 > adapter:

I'd wager the problem lies on the server side.  I've built zillions
(well, OK, at least several hundred) kernels via NFS on various alphas
(PW500au, AS500/266, AS200/166) running FreeBSD using a 3.0-current
(x86) NFS server without any problems.

There have been numerous NFS fixes since 2.2.6.  You might consider
upgrading your server to a more recent version of -stable (or even
better, to -current if you understand the ramifications).  If that's
not an option, try backing down to NFSv2 if you're mounting /sys via NFSv3.

Good luck,

Drew

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