On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Wouter Verhelst <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 05:56:13PM +0100, Wim Muskee wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Wouter Verhelst <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 09:45:39PM +0100, Wim Muskee wrote: >> >> I'm experiencing an odd nbd-client problem, I can't connect to a named >> >> export from inside an initramfs. >> >> >> >> On the server runs nbd-server (3.0) as a service, the >> >> /etc/nbd-server/config is as follows: >> >> [generic] >> >> [ltsp] >> >> exportname = /opt/ltsp-images/ltsp-dev-i686.img >> >> virtstyle = none >> >> >> >> The client initramfs contains an nbd-client from a nbd-3.0 install. It >> >> uses the 3.0.6 kernel (x86). The command it uses is: >> >> nbd-client 192.168.0.1 -N ltsp /dev/nbd0 >> >> >> >> When it tries to connect, something fails in the negotiation: >> >> nbd: registrered device at major 43 >> >> Negotiation: ..size= 4229768MBError: Exported device is too big for >> > >> > That claims it's a 4TiB export. That can't be right. >> > >> > What's the actual size of the file you're trying to export? >> > >> The actual size is about 350Mb. Perhaps it miscalculates the size >> under certain conditions. >> But still it's weird because it can connect when using port based exports. > > Very weird, yes. > >> >> me. Get 64-bit machine :-( >> >> >> >> When I boot the client normally, I can do the same command, and >> >> connect to the image without problems. >> > >> > That's even stranger. I'd think that if it doesn't work in initramfs, it >> > wouldn't work in the normal system, either. >> > >> > Which distribution is this? >> > >> Gentoo, using Dracut as the initramfs builder. > > I don't have much experience with dracut. I know it exists and that it > supports > NBD, but that's about it. > > I'll try and set up a testing environment soon so I can try to reproduce > and debug this. Will get back to you after that. > hi Wouter,
the problem was fixed. After all it was a problem in Dracut with the nbd-client command which resulted in this error. The line used was: nbd-client 192.168.0.1 '-N ltsp' /dev/nbd0 and removing the quotes fixed it. thx for your help > -- > The volume of a pizza of thickness a and radius z can be described by > the following formula: > > pi zz a ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Nbd-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nbd-general
