I think I have figured it out via experimentation. I changed the mount statement from 'mount -n -o ro,...<snip>' to 'mount -t nfs -n -o ro,...<snip>' and things magically started working. I don't know what's the deal, but I figured I would be as explicit as possible with the mount command to see if I could get any output at all... and viola, it started working.
Thanks to all for your assistance! -----Original Message----- From: Dragosh M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 6:31 PM To: Randal Cobb Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] problem mounting NFS root... On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 23:03, Randal Cobb wrote: > Dragosh, > > Thanks for the help, but I'm still stuck. I've double checked all > scripts and .conf files anywhere that any of the ltsp files may touch. > All of them have the appropriate values set. > > >From what I've been able to track down so far, it appears that the mount > command in the linuxrc script is where it is hanging, although, it's > failing if I purposefully include invalid addresses. If I tweak the > dhcpd.conf file to point to an invalid ip address, it fails. If I shut > down DHCP on the server, it fails. Likewise, if I specify an invalid > root path, it fails. But, if I have all settings the way they are > supposed to be, it just seems to hang there indefinately. > I'm getting nothing in the /var/log/messages log file fior anything > other than the DHCP server. About every 4 hours, I see the terminal > asking for a dhcp request that the server successfully fills. That's > all. Nothing from any of the NFS processes. Hi, I still have some suggestions, although they might be pretty far fetched ... You should try to get a terminal station near your server and link just them together (using a crossover cable or disconnecting all your other hosts from your hub/switch), This way you can try DHCP on its standard port, probably u have some kind of a firewall or some equipment acting smarter that is should be (example: managed switch with some "funny" rules), this should be enough to realize if it's something that has to do with your network topology. You should also try a different release of LSTP packages. You should get a messages like these: Feb 11 00:40:08 snow dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.2 to 00:60:94:05:3f:e1 via eth0 Feb 11 00:40:10 snow dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:60:94:05:3f:e1 via eth0 Feb 11 00:40:10 snow dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.0.2 to 00:60:94:05:3f:e1 via eth0 Feb 11 00:40:13 snow dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.2 (192.168.0.1) from 00:60:94:05:3f:e1 via eth0 Feb 11 00:40:13 snow dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.2 to 00:60:94:05:3f:e1 via eth0 Feb 11 00:40:13 snow rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request from ws001.lsd.ro:691 for /opt/ltsp/i386 (/opt/ltsp/i386) Feb 11 00:40:16 snow rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request from ws001.lsd.ro:795 for /var/opt/ltsp/swapfiles (/var/opt/ltsp/swapfiles) Feb 11 00:40:19 ws001 syslogd started: BusyBox v0.60.1 (2001.09.28-01:12+0000) Feb 11 00:40:19 ws001 init: Entering runlevel: 2 Feb 11 00:40:19 ws001 init: Switching to runlevel: 5 .. Try to see if you have access from /etc/host.allow /etc/hosts.deny, check to see whether you have proper access permissions, if all of your directories where given right attributes when exported (exports.conf) and see if your partitions where mounted in a way that allow the execution (noexec, nodev, nosuid), finally use a debugger (strace for example) for your local portmapper to see what happens you boot the terminal. Also try my attached image ;) it's a stupid trick, might work. success, now I'm hitting the bed (it's 1:30AM over here), tell me what you have done, I'll read/respond in the morning. PS: Cool trucks:) Dragosh M. -- I/O error while opening .signature file ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
