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Date:      Thu, 23 Sep 1999 10:08:23 +0800 (PHT)
From:      "Francis A. Vidal" <francis@usls.edu>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: help with nfs-mounted installworld process
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.9909231007060.4421-100000@atlas.usls.edu>
In-Reply-To: <52662.938000720@axl.noc.iafrica.com>

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On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote:

> > 	plato:
> > 	mount -t nfs main_machine:/usr/src /mnt/main_machine/src
> > 	mount -t nfs main_machine:/usr/obj /mnt/main_machine/obj
> >
> > 	ln -s /mnt/main_machine/src /usr/src
> > 	ln -s /mnt/main_machine/obj /usr/obj
> 
> I wouldn't use these symlinks. Just do
> 
> 	cd /mnt/main_machine/src
> 	make installworld
> 
> Even better, though, would be to change the way you're using mount:
> 
> 	mkdir /usr/src
> 	mkdir /usr/obj
> 	mount -t nfs -o soft,intr main_machine:/usr/src /usr/src
> 	mount -t nfs -o soft,intr main_machine:/usr/obj /usr/obj
> 
> The options specified will help if the nfs server goes away in the
> middle of what you're doing, but they're not the issue here.

that did it! thanks sheldon!

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