Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-08 Thread Bryan Whitehead
Version 3 should work... the internal filesize is a 64bit value... Do a search for NFS v2/v3 and you can read up on it all. (It is boring and just a simple footnote...) On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Mark Knecht wrote: On 8/2/05, Bryan Whitehead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, it could be you are using

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-08 Thread Mark Knecht
Right, sorry. I should have responded back. The system was rebuilt with V3 and V4 support. I'm running version 3. It's now been up for about 4 days without going offline again so I suppose it's fixed. Thanks to all for the help. I was hesitant to say it was fixed for fear it would immediately go

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-08 Thread Michael Crute
Quick... knock on wood!On 8/8/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Right, sorry. I should have responded back. The system was rebuiltwith V3 and V4 support. I'm running version 3. It's now been up forabout 4 days without going offline again so I suppose it's fixed.Thanks to all for the help. I

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-08 Thread Michael Crute
Oh oops... sorry... thats the way Windoze works (or rather doesn't work). Glad everything finally worked out for you. -MikeOn 8/9/05, Michael Crute [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quick... knock on wood!On 8/8/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Right, sorry. I should have responded back. The

[gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, I have set up a large NFS mount for use as remote storage for our MythTV server. It works, but since setting it up the mythbackend program has twice shut down in the middle of the night. Prior to setting up this storage mythbackend had never, to the best of my knowledge, ever shut down

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Michael Crute
When you emerge nfs use the tcpd use flag to get TCP support. -MikeOn 8/2/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have set up a large NFS mount for use as remote storage for ourMythTV server. It works, but since setting it up the mythbackendprogram has twice shut down in the middle of the

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Matthew Cline
On 8/2/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From the MythTV-Users list I've seen people talking about using NFS devices but recommending that they be set up with TCP instead of UDP. So far I haven't yet found any Gentoo docs on how to do this. IIRC, there is also a kernel config

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Richard Fish
Matthew Cline wrote: On 8/2/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From the MythTV-Users list I've seen people talking about using NFS devices but recommending that they be set up with TCP instead of UDP. So far I haven't yet found any Gentoo docs on how to do this. IIRC,

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Mark Knecht
Matthew, Michael and Richard, Thanks for the responses. They seem to outline the options pretty clearly. One question - once I get it converted and I think I'm running NFS using tcp, how do I determine that I actually am? Thanks, Mark On 8/2/05, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 02 August 2005 17:43, Mark Knecht wrote: Matthew, Michael and Richard, Thanks for the responses. They seem to outline the options pretty clearly. One question - once I get it converted and I think I'm running NFS using tcp, how do I determine that I actually am? Several

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Michael Crute
I would use 'sudo netstat -lp | grep nfs' to see what nfs is listening on. -MikeOn 8/2/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matthew, Michael and Richard, Thanks for the responses. They seem to outline the options pretty clearly. One question - once I get it converted and I think I'm running

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/2/05, Michael Crute [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would use 'sudo netstat -lp | grep nfs' to see what nfs is listening on. -Mike Thanks Mike, it appears that both ends are currently listening on tcp which is good. However, am I not supposed to also use the tcp mount option on the

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/2/05, Michael Crute [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Using the tcp flag when you mount should override the default behavior for nfs to use udp. I'm not sure if its strictly necessary but what the heck, it can't hurt. -Mike That's what I thought also. However, even though I can see the

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Matthew Cline
On 8/2/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but how do I know it's being used? And how do I know that the rsize option is being used? Thanks, Mark Could you watch the traffic between the two using something like ethereal? This should tell you which protocol is being used. Matt --

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/2/05, Matthew Cline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/2/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but how do I know it's being used? And how do I know that the rsize option is being used? Thanks, Mark Could you watch the traffic between the two using something like ethereal? This

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/2/05, Matthew Cline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/2/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but how do I know it's being used? And how do I know that the rsize option is being used? Thanks, Mark Could you watch the traffic between the two using something like ethereal? This

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Michael Crute
Mark, Here is my suggestion to get the best of both worlds (note my limited knowledge of mythtv). Setup a shell script to copy all your video files from the myth capture directory over to the nfs share and delete the files thus clearing your local space and also allowing you to capture 135 hours.

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Bryan Whitehead
The best way is to ask the portmapper (example below): [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ rpcinfo -p program vers proto port 102 tcp111 portmapper 102 udp111 portmapper 1000241 udp921 status 1000241 tcp928 status 172 udp

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Bryan Whitehead
cat /proc/mounts | grep -E 'nfs.*tcp' On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Mark Knecht wrote: Matthew, Michael and Richard, Thanks for the responses. They seem to outline the options pretty clearly. One question - once I get it converted and I think I'm running NFS using tcp, how do I determine that I

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Mark Knecht
Mike, Thanks for the idea. I like the idea of being able to record locally for 15 hours safely and then just using the new NFS storage for playback only, but I think it won't work from a practical standpoint: 1) MythTV runs in conjunction with MySQL which is managing the data files. If I

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Bryan Whitehead
BTW, it could be you are using NFS v2 which is ONLY 32bit so you have the 4gb filesize limit. run nftstat -s (on the server) and nfsstat -c (on the client) to see what version of NFS you are using (note: what version of NFS you are using is not related to the transport - udp/tcp). I use

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Michael Crute
Well if you are a perl or python kinda guy you could write a more sophisticated script to copy the files and update the database so that everything is transparent as far as myth is concerned. -MikeOn 8/2/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike, Thanks for the idea. I like the idea of being

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Mark Knecht
I'm not any kind of programmer. Guitar player actually. I just need stuff to work or I'm helpless! Thanks, Mark On 8/2/05, Michael Crute [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well if you are a perl or python kinda guy you could write a more sophisticated script to copy the files and update the database so

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Bryan Whitehead
I think it is much more easy to get NFS working right... ;) Just my 2 cents. On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Michael Crute wrote: Well if you are a perl or python kinda guy you could write a more sophisticated script to copy the files and update the database so that everything is transparent as far as

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS configuration (tcp/ip MythTV)

2005-08-02 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/2/05, Bryan Whitehead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, it could be you are using NFS v2 which is ONLY 32bit so you have the 4gb filesize limit. OK, I've built the kernels on both machines and have support for both V3 and V3 clients and servers built in. Ethereal tells me now that I'm using