Brian Fitzgerald said:
> Derek Atkins writes:
> >I have a sun3 running 4.0.3, and I have the 3.1b tape from transarc.
>
> I have a sun3 running 4.1.1 and afs 3.1b
I have a sun3, and was trying to run 3.2 beta. Have not yet had
success...
> >I have the binaries on the machine (its only a client), and I can
> >do my dkload and load in AFS into the kernel fine....
> >
> >However, whenever I try to start afsd, it either freezes or panics
> >my machine.
> >
> >It freezes if I try to set a memory-cache, and it panics with:
> > panic: initcacheinfo
> >when I try to use a disk cache. Has anyone else had this problem?
> >Does anyone know of a solution, or am I just missing something
> >blatantly obvious?
>
> When I first set up AFS a few months ago, I found that I had to shuffle
> rc.local a bit to prevent a panic (I believe it said panic: bus error,
> or somesuch.) Finally, I discovered, by trial and error, that if I
> started the nfsd's before afsd (contrary to the AFS installation
> instructions) that everything worked.
Really? Hmm. I've been getting it to boot fine, then about 5 minutes
later, I get a kernel panic: bus error. You say I should try putting
the nfsd's first?
> I have tried dkload or Sun's modload and they both work for me. I'm
> not sure what's better. Also, it seems not to matter whether you run a
> generic large kernel, or something a bit smaller. I've added a few Sun
> kernel patches, with no ill effect.
Good to know. All of our kernels are crafted to our particulars...
> Since installation, I have had a lot of luck running as an AFS client,
> as well as an nfs server/client in the depot system (I run amd, too.)
Well, I'll try moving the nfsd startup, and see what happens...
> Glad to hear from another sun3 user. I imagined that I was the only
> one left. :-) Any more sun3 afs users out there?
Me! (I hope. Working on it. :-)
> Brian
- Chris
