Double mount : nfs and vfat - is it possible ? (or other solutions)

2006-11-26 Thread Rafi Gordon
Hi linux gurus, I have a machine which is dual boot (linux /windows). The windows partition is /dev/hda1. This machine is booted usually into linux (though it is possible of course to boot to windows). I mount the windows partition (/dev/hda1) on /mnt/win (type vfat ,rw). I created

Re: Double mount : nfs and vfat - is it possible ? (or other solutions)

2006-11-26 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
On 11/26/06, Rafi Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now , from another linux machine I nfs mount the dual-boot linux machine. But I cannot see the contents of the /mnt/win folder (it is empty). If you're using a kernel-based NFS server, switch to a userspace-based one.

Re: Double mount : nfs and vfat - is it possible ? (or other solutions)

2006-11-26 Thread Shahar Tamir
On Sunday 26 November 2006 18:30, Rafi Gordon wrote: I mount the windows partition (/dev/hda1) on /mnt/win (type vfat ,rw). I created /etc/exports file for this dual boot machine; it contains one line: / ip_Of_A_DifferentLinuxMachine(rw,no_root_squash) Now , from another linux machine I nfs

Re: Double mount : nfs and vfat - is it possible ? (or other solutions)

2006-11-26 Thread Oren Held
As far as I know the NFS mechanism allows mounting a single filesystem and ignores sub mounts. This is also quite secure, in a way. Maybe I misunderstood the situation, but a simple solution would be to export also the /mnt/win on the server, and mount it separately on the client.. - Oren