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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 16:30:51 +0200
From: Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com>
To: Mark Hahn <hahn@physics.mcmaster.ca>
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Subject: Re: nfs mount of msdos fs?
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 10:15:34 -0400 (EDT) Mark Hahn <hahn@physics.mcmaster.ca>
wrote:

> > I just found out, that msdos-type fs cannot be exported via nfs.
Disregarding
> > the security problems with msdos fs, how can I export it anyway via nfs? Is
> > this possible at all? I tried with 2.2.19 kernel and kernel nfs.
> 
> I'm guessing because msdos doesn't have inode numbers,
> and nfsd wants them to make stable cookies.

Works under 2.4, btw. Unfortunately I cannot use 2.4 in this special case. But
to make it clear:
server is 2.2.19, client is 2.4.4

Regards,
Stephan
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