1) I have installed Hummingbird Communication's NFS client (called
NFS Maestro) on both Windows NT and Windows 95 (ver 5.1).
After mounting the /afs filesystem exported from an AIX box running
the AFS to NFS tranlator, I experience the following problems:

- If a directory is in the root of an AFS volume, a dir listing
  takes a minimum of 90 seconds to complete.

- Reads on files in these directories seem to hang indefinitely.

- Haven't tried writes in these directories.

It seems any operation involving the root of a volume takes a really
long time, or doesn't complete at all.

On the other hand, I have been able to do pretty much anything
in directories that are at least 1 directory below the root of a
volume. Of course there are exceptions: a dir on a large
directory that was one directory below a volume mount point
just hung.

So, has anybody experienced this before? AND/OR can you recommend
a NFS client for Windows NT and/or 95 which you have seen
seemlessly mount and use the export(s) from an AFS to NFS translator
machine.


2) I would like to be able to mount /afs/btv or /afs/btv.ibm.com,
   where btv.ibm.com is my local cell. By the NFS standard, I should
   be able to mount any directory underneath the exported directory,
   as long as they are on the same file-system.....
[uh, err, I think answered my own question: practically every directory
in /afs is a mount point to the root of the various cells, so 
exporting /afs doesn't export these volumes/filesystems as well.
If the AFS to NFS server explicitly exports /afs/btv.ibm.com, then
I should be able to do what I want, right?]
   This means Windows File Manager or Explorer won't choke on the root of
   the particular "afs" drive, since the root of cells aren't usually
   as nebulous as /afs.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Tom

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Tom Moore, Lou Evart, Trevor Anderson
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