Hello it's me again
> The next step was to get the install done automatically.
> Packet selection and configuration went all in all smooth, but at the
> postinstallNonRooted section I couldn't mount a remote directory
> from the installation server. There was no error message but the
> directory
> simply was not mounted afterwards. I tracked down the error to
> mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install/fs.pm. In subroutine 'mount' there is the
> line:
>
> # nfs::mount($dev, $where) or die _("nfs mount failed");
>
> Ok, with the mount commented out it's no wonder why the nfs mount does
> not work and does not give any error message.
> I then went into the CVS
> http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/gi/
> and found out that the mount was commented out at Version 1.90 of fs.pm
> by 'prigaux'
>
>(http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/gi/perl-install/fs.pm.diff?r1=1.89&r2=1.90).
>
> The corresponding nfs.pm file was removed at the same time, according
> to the CVS it only consisted of a big 'TODO'.
>
> >From all these facts I conclude that NFS mount is not functional in
> DrakX stage2
> and never has been.
> Am I right ?
> Are there currently any efforts to get NFS mount support working in
> DrakX stage2 ?
> In which direction will these efforts aim ? Including a standard 'mount'
> binary for
> mounting NFS volumes or replicating the functionality via perl routines
> ?
> And ... am I on the right list with this issue ? Is there a DrakX
> mailinglist somewhere ?
In the meantime, I found [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes, this would have been the better address for this issue ;)
We also found a workaround for the NFS mount problem in DrakX.
We tried a postInstallNonRooted because NFS mounts didn't work in
the chrooted postInstall-Environment. We thought this was because
the kernel got confused with a mountpoint relative to a chrooted Environment
so we switched to postInstallNonRooted.
This was in ManFreq with Kernel 2.4.5.
Now we tried a current cooker (Kernel 2.4.7) and the NFS mounts
work in the chrooted Environment (normal postInstall).
I don't know what has changed (Kernel or chroot-Method ?)
but I works for us now and we are happy ;)
cu
Michi
