From: Subject: RE: 'random' diskless clients hangs Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 09:25:20 +0200 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Cipher TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 19vXSL-0002A1-00 for ; Sat, 06 Sep 2003 00:26:01 -0700 Received: from smtp2.mail.be.easynet.net ([212.100.160.76]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.22) id 19vXSK-0003W3-W4 for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 06 Sep 2003 00:26:01 -0700 To: In-Reply-To: Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: NIC: Bus 2, device 8, function 0: Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801BD PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 129). Driver is the default from kernel linux-2.4.20-18.7: CONFIG_EEPRO100=y Kernel customisations: CONFIG_NFS_FS=y CONFIG_NFS_V3=y CONFIG_ROOT_NFS=y CONFIG_IP_PNP=y CONFIG_IP_PNP_DHCP=y CONFIG_M686=y All network drivers built in kernel. -----Original Message----- From: Trond Myklebust [mailto:trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no] Sent: vrijdag 5 september 2003 21:51 To: nfsmailinglist@heessels.com Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [NFS] 'random' diskless clients hangs >>>>> " " == nfsmailinglist writes: > The clients still hang every few hours. There is nothing in the > logs. When we change the rsize and wsize to 2048, the cleint > no longer crash but clients and server because extremely slow. That is usually a sign of a networking problem. What kind of NIC+driver are you using on the clients? Also, what does that 'custom' mean on you client kernels? Have you done anything other than to enable nfsroot? Cheers, Trond ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs