On Sun, 20 Feb 2005, Chris Fanning wrote: > No Jon, you're not missing anything. > I've simply started using smb because the pxes client I've been > testing with has a nice check box to include a smb server in the > image. > You are probably right and nfs is the way to go. > > By the way, since I've upgraded, autofs doesn't seem to unmount the > drives (I can hear the diskette spinning every 8 seconds or so), even > with the timeout set. > > How should I test that to see if it really is a bug?
Mostly I use the --debug option on the master map entry. Then forward the log and I'll see if there's anything amiss. What about your autofs4 kernel module? > > Chris. > > > On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:09:55 -0800, Jonathan Loran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Chris, Ian, > > > > I don't chime in here very often, and I know this is now more or less > > working, but the obvious question to me is, since both the thin client and > > server are running Linux/Unix, why not use the more native NFS? Perhaps I'm > > missing something obvious. > > > > Jon > > > > Chris Fanning wrote: > > ok. downloaded, compiled and installed. This works great! Thankyou. Chris. > > On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 22:10:58 +0800 (WST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Chris Fanning wrote: > > Hi Ian, > > Versions? 4.1.3-9 > > Perhaps you need to use ://thinclient_ip/fd So, do you suggest I upgrade? > > Only if you can solve the problems you face. Certainly not without plenty of > > testing. > > When might 4.1.4 be available for debian testing? I guess that will depend > > on the Debian folks. I'm hoping they will push 4.1.4 into the Debian tree > > fairly soon after it is released. I've tried to get as many fixes into the > > new version as I could. > > Should I download the source instead? If you wish to test this out you can > > download autofs-4.1.4_beta2-deb.tar.gz which basically contains the files of > > a source deb. As i've said before, this is for testing only as I'm not the > > maintainer of the Debian package. If you do try this make sure you stop > > autofs before installing the deb. Ian > > _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list > > [email protected] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs > > _______________________________________________ > > autofs mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > autofs mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs > _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list [email protected] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
