192.168.0.106:/main /mnt/Fileserver2 nfs rsize=8192,wsize=8192 0 0
I tried lowering and raising the r/wsize options with no success. Also initially tried //Fileserver2:/main as the mount, but it would not work without the IP address instead. Doug On Saturday 19 July 2003 10:49, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote: > On Friday 18 July 2003 06:42 pm, SAQIB wrote: > > Everything has specific purpsose. NFS was designed for something else, > > and has lots of other functionality (e.g. NAS solutions are based on NFS > > stack). For mp3 a open source streaming server or a http server is the > > way to go. > > Wait, that's not entirely correct. I don't want to mislead you, but I have > used both NFS mounted and Samba mounted file system to play MP3. All works > fine. In both case, the server is Linux. The client are Lin and Win, and in > linux I've used both samba and nfs with no problem. > > I am not sure what cause your problem, since I am not very verse at NFS > myself. Others probably can help you with that, but just to let you know > that it's doable. > > BTW, what's in your /etc/fstab for mounting the NFS? > > RDB > > > Saqib Ali > > --------- > > http://www.xml-dev.com > > > > On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, G. Douglas Burton (RH 8.0) wrote: > > > Okay, the next question is why? It is difficult for me to believe that > > > my Windows machines have no problem accessing and playing MP3s from the > > > Linux server via Samba and yet my Linux machine can't do it either via > > > Samba or NFS? So what was all the talk I heard about Linux being such > > > a wonderful networking OS? BTW, the Linux desktop machine has 256 Mb > > > of RAM while most of my WIndows machines are running 128 Mb or less. > > > Assuming equal network speed for all on the same net, why is this not > > > enough RAM? I'll grant you running Gnome and XMMS is part of the > > > problem, but it does not seem to bother anything when I access the MP3s > > > which reside on my old Win 95 server. I'll admit to being a relative > > > Linux newbie, but I'm just trying to understand... > > > > > > Doug > > > > > > On Friday 18 July 2003 15:01, SAQIB wrote: > > > > NFS has too much overhead. I would rather look into streaming via > > > > HTTP (apache). or an open source streaming solution. > > > > > > > > Saqib Ali > > > > --------- > > > > http://www.xml-dev.com > > > > > > > > On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, G. Douglas Burton (RH 8.0) wrote: > > > > > I've recently tried to convert one of my fileservers (80 Gb RH8.0) > > > > > to NFS. I have it setup to use Samba for access from Windows > > > > > machines on my net and they all work just fine when playing MP3s > > > > > and transferring large files. But now I want to use my RH 8.0 > > > > > desktop machine to access the server and play MP3s etc. I tried to > > > > > use Samba at first and the sound was very choppy (assume from the > > > > > extra Samba overhead), so I tried to switch to NFS. Now the songs > > > > > start off just fine, but then they pause for varying lengths of > > > > > time (a few seconds to several minutes). Sometimes most of the song > > > > > will play and then they come to a dead stop. This machine will play > > > > > MP3s from my Windows server just fine using Samba. I really thought > > > > > NFS would be the answer I was looking for, any suggestions? > > > > > > > > > > Just a message from Doug... > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > > > http://users.adelphia.net/~slugg0/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > > > unsubscribe > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > -- > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
