[Sunhelp] Solaris, Linux, and NFS

[Wes Hofmann]

That's the confusing thing... I already compiled a custom kernel (a
monolithic one, no less...i.e. no modules) and was sure to enable
"Emulate SUN NFS Server".  And it still doesn't work.  Solaris tries to
connect to a share and it just sits there and looks confused.  Strange.

Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> 
> Have you compiled your own kernel on the Linux box?  If not, that's what I
> would try.  There is an option in there somewhere for SUN NFS support, or
> something like that.  I'll look in a while when I get back to my linux box
> and post the line that needs to be in .config if I haven't heard anything.
>         Greg
> 
> Gregory Leblanc
> Concordia University
> Network Support Specialist
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wes Hofmann [mailto:whofmann at mho.net]
> > Sent: Friday, June 11, 1999 2:00 PM
> > To: SunHelp List
> > Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris, Linux, and NFS
> >
> >
> > My desktop runs Linux with the 2.2 kernel.  My sparcbook has
> > no cdrom so
> > I have in the past used my other machine (FreeBSD 3.1) as an
> > nfs server
> > so that the sparcbook could mount its cdrom.  That worked great.  Now
> > that I have changed that machine to Linux, I can't seem to
> > get linux to
> > do the same.  My two linux boxes will talk to each other all day long
> > over NFS but the sparcbook (solaris 2.6) just doesn't seem to
> > like it at
> > all.  Is there a secret to getting linux and solaris to work
> > over NFS?
> > I had heard before taht there were some problems with compatibility
> > between the two, but I had thought that the 2.2 kernel fixed that.
> > Thanks for your help!
> >
> > Wes Hofmann
> >
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