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I have a linux-machine and a DECstation. When I export something from my
DECstation to my linux-machine, I have no problems, everything works fine.

If I try to export something from the linux-pc to my DECstation, I can mount
this on the DECstation, I can ask a directory-list, but I cannot read
anything. I allways get the error-message :
NFS server anarchy not responding, still trying.

I think this could be a time-out problem???

Can anyone help me with this ?

Thanks,

Karel De Bruyne
Computer Centre
University of Antwerp (UIA)
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   Hi,

   I have a linux-machine and a DECstation. When I export something from my
   DECstation to my linux-machine, I have no problems, everything works fine.

   If I try to export something from the linux-pc to my DECstation, I can mount
   this on the DECstation, I can ask a directory-list, but I cannot read
   anything. I allways get the error-message :
   NFS server anarchy not responding, still trying.

   I think this could be a time-out problem???

   Can anyone help me with this ?

I had the same problem mounting from a linux-pc running kernel-version 1.0.9.
I changed to version 1.1.18 and everything worked fine.

chris

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: If I try to export something from the linux-pc to my DECstation, I can mount
: this on the DECstation, I can ask a directory-list, but I cannot read
: anything. I allways get the error-message :
: NFS server anarchy not responding, still trying.

The problem is in the DEC's abusive NFS transfer procedures which assume that
everybody can gobble large NFS blocks.  Unfortunately, they are not the only
ones -- HP and SUN do the same thing.  Use the following parameters on your
mount command to solve the problem:

        soft,rsize=1024,wsize=1024

Linux has promised to fix this problem in their kernel in the future but
right now, the kernel is limited to blocks smaller than 4096 bytes.

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Alan

My problem: I want to use my Linux box as a server for a diskless SLC
(w/ SunOS 4.1.3). During boot time the SLC wants to mount the root
disk with a packet size of 8K. Later I can change the mount
parameters, but there's no way of changing that for that initial
mount. (At least I don't know one for a Sparc. For a Sun3 I've found
a patch instruction in the linux-Xkernel distribution.)

Should this work with a current kernel version? Which version is
recommended -- 1.22? (I'm more interested in a rather stable than an
experimental version.)

I'm currently running 1.0.8 (from Slackware 1.2.0). When I upgrade to
a new kernel, do I have to install more current versions of the net
software as well? (I think that's net-0.32d, that's right?) Actually,
how do I know which version I've installed currently?

Lots of questions -- I desperately hope someone answers...

Thanks in advance!

        Joachim

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