Re: NFS-Root on AIX

2001-01-04 Thread Oliver Paukstadt
HY HY I did some further tests with the Device-Number-Problem between Linux and AIX when using AIX as NFS-Server for NFSroot-Boot. The Devices finally all were created on the AIX. FYI: 42*256=10752, 42*256+42=10794 AIX, oslevel 4.3.3.0 [aix4330]/home/root # ls -l /share/ total 0 crw-r--r-- 1

Re: NFS-Root on AIX

2001-01-01 Thread Alan Cox
> > NFS doesnt handle this elegantly for NFSv2 - are you using v2 or v3 ? > That's the question! What does the RedHat 7 support? ;-) 2.2.16-* will be NFSv2 This means the dev_t is passed uninterpreted between server and client. You may find you need to NFS mount the directory on a Linux box, mkn

Re: NFS-Root on AIX

2001-01-01 Thread Oliver Paukstadt
On Mon, 1 Jan 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > Last we had to use an AIX-Server as NFS-Server for NFSRoot-Boot. > > > > It did not work, because the all Major-Device-Numbers in /dev/ are all > > set to 0. The minor numbers are transported correctly. > > NFS doesnt handle this elegantly for NFSv2 - ar

Re: NFS-Root on AIX

2001-01-01 Thread Alan Cox
> Last we had to use an AIX-Server as NFS-Server for NFSRoot-Boot. > > It did not work, because the all Major-Device-Numbers in /dev/ are all > set to 0. The minor numbers are transported correctly. NFS doesnt handle this elegantly for NFSv2 - are you using v2 or v3 ? - To unsubscribe from thi