On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:26:01 +0000, Matt Bostock wrote:


> Is there a way that I can run NFS on my server machine (RH9 Athlon) but
> not always have it turned on? I don't always need the files available to
> the OpenBSD box - only when I have my RedHat 9 box turned on.
>
> Any suggestions gratefully appreciated,

try amd(8)

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DM
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Thanks DM.

D M wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:26:01 +0000, Matt Bostock wrote:
>
>
>
>>Is there a way that I can run NFS on my server machine (RH9 Athlon) but
>>not always have it turned on? I don't always need the files available to
>>the OpenBSD box - only when I have my RedHat 9 box turned on.
>>
>>Any suggestions gratefully appreciated,
>
>
> try amd(8)
>

You should run the automounter on the client.

Matt Bostock wrote in message news:...
> NFS Server: RedHat 9, Athlon 2000+ Pro (i386)
> NFS Client: OpenBSD 3.5, Pentium 200MHz MMX
>
> When I mount the nfs drive manually, it works fine. However, if I start
> up OpenBSD and the NFS server is switched off, OpenBSD won't boot unless
> I use Ctrl-C, and continually shows RPC errors.
>
> Is there a way that I can run NFS on my server machine (RH9 Athlon) but
> not always have it turned on? I don't always need the files available to
> the OpenBSD box - only when I have my RedHat 9 box turned on.
>
> Any suggestions gratefully appreciated,
> Matt