Re: NFSv4 Kernel-server requires 2x manual restart after reboot? Maybe a timing problem?

["J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>]

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:57:57AM -0700, Ben DJ wrote:
> Hi Bruce,
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> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:27 AM, J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.o=
rg> wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:07:23AM -0700, Ben DJ wrote:
> >> I've installed NFSv4 as nfs-kernel-server.
> >
> > What distro and versions are you using?
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> I'm currently working on Opensuse 11.2 RC1.
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> At the moment,
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> kernel-default-base-2.6.31.3-1.1.x86_64
> kernel-default-2.6.31.3-1.1.x86_64
> kernel-default-devel-2.6.31.3-1.1.x86_64
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> quota-nfs-3.17-3.1.x86_64
> nfsidmap-0.21-3.14.x86_64
> nfs-doc-1.1.3-20.1.x86_64
> nfs-client-1.1.3-20.1.x86_64
> nfs-kernel-server-1.1.3-20.1.x86_64
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> > Huh. =C2=A0What filesystem is at /nfs/test?
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> I'm not entirely sure what you're asking for.
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> /nfs/test is on my "/" volume, which is ext3 (someday, ext4 -- but no=
t yet).
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> Is that what you mean?

Right.  Actually I should have asked what the output of the "mount" and
"exportfs -v" commands were on the server.

--b.

> Also I found that switching from mounts in /etc/fstab to using autofs
> gets rid of the mount-after-boot issues
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> cat /etc/auto.master
> 	/test /etc/auto.misc
> cat /etc/auto.misc
> 	cd -fstype=3Diso9660,ro,nosuid,nodev :/dev/cdrom
> 	nfs4_test -fstype=3Dnfs4,rw 192.168.1.2:/
> chkconfig autofs on
> reboot
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> But now, immediately after reboot,
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> ls /test/nfs4_test/
> 	bin/  boot/  dev/  etc/  home/  lib/  lib64/  lost+found/  media/
> mnt/  mnt.auto/  nfs/  opt/  proc/  root/  sbin/  selinux/  srv/  sys=
/
>  tmp/  usr/  var/
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> which is mounted, and feels like progress.
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> But the mount is of 192.168.1.2's "/" root.  I expected the NFSv4
> exported-root @ /nfs, instead.
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> Thanks for your time.
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> BenDJ
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> Thanks.
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> BedDJ