Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #133
From: Digestifier <Linux-Misc-Request@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>
To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU
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Date:     Thu, 19 May 94 06:13:08 EDT

Linux-Misc Digest #133, Volume #2                Thu, 19 May 94 06:13:08 EDT

Contents:
  How do I compile a UMSDOS kernel? (DL83-08)
  Re: Porting a Linux-based OS to the PowerPC architecture (Don Hurter)
  Is there OLE ability in Xwindows? ("M.C. Wai")
  Can I run a DOS app. in Linux? ("M.C. Wai")
  Re: NIS Status (Mitchum DSouza)
  Re: BRIEF/vi Compatible GUI Text Editor (Win Bent)
  help, pls., error writing headers to /tmp/ (Len Cook)
  Re: IDE (debugger) for Linux (was Re: Arguments for Unix vs DOS) (Matt Welsh)
  Re: Wait'll you see the May 16th PCWEEK... (Matt Welsh)
  Re: from field in smail (Rod Reed)
  Does XFree/Linux run with 20MB RAM? (Richter.Juergen T 7270 R 92-509 WS sx15)
  Re: cross-compiler (Dan Wilder)
  Re: A good NFS server ? (Geoff Rehmet)

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From: s21008@cc.ntnu.edu.tw (DL83-08)
Subject: How do I compile a UMSDOS kernel?
Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 07:04:03 GMT

[ Article crossposted from comp.os.linux.help ]
[ Author was s21008@cc.ntnu.edu.tw ]
[ Posted on Tue, 17 May 1994 07:01:30 GMT ]

I am trying to compile a kernel to run Slackware Linux from umsdos. The 
images on the U diskettes support SCSI and Ethernet, both of which I don't
need, but do not support Panasonic IDE CD-ROM. I have tried putting
CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS into the configure file before making dep and zdisk.
When I boot up, the CD installs, but when setting the root fs, it is set as
msdos, not umsdos, and it all freezes. Does anyone have any experience with
compiling umsdos kernels?

Thank you!

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From: dhurter@world.std.com (Don Hurter)
Subject: Re: Porting a Linux-based OS to the PowerPC architecture
Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 13:47:56 -0700

In article <ann-16254.768605339@cs.cornell.edu>, cwilbur@illuminati.io.com
(Charlton Wilbur) wrote:

> We (Charlton Wilbur and Jem Lewis; this is Charlton writing) are two
> computer science students at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, USA. In
> January we began laying plans to developing a freeware Unix on the Power
> Macintosh platform, inspired largely by the success of Linux. 
> 
> Our main goal, which we hope to achieve by the end of August, is to get a 
> usable OS running relatively bug-free.     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


Maybe you can have something ready for MacWorld Boston, which is only a
day's drive from Maine. If you get the word out, I'm sure some sympathetic
vendor would let you share their booth.

On that last note, a friend of mine hacked some stepper motors onto the
knobs of an Etch-a-Sketch a few years ago and ran the tablet from a Mac
serial port. It was a pretty cool little feat, since you could draw
something on a 9-inch Mac screen and then the program would duplicate it
1:1 on the Etch-a-Sketch.

He packaged the Etch-a-Sketch and the logic boards into a briefcase,
complete with a serial port connection, and brought it to MacWorld. We
showed the case and described how it worked to numerous vendors in the
hopes of being able to use their Mac to demo it, but alas no one had the
right combination of equipment or wanted us to touch their machines
(understandably). Even the Apple booth didn't have exposed 110V outlets
available to plug it in, so we finally found someone selling bar-code
software that was interested in seeing it work. He let us connect up to his
Macintosh and draw a few images, and sure enough the Etch-a-Sketch
translated the eps files into a smooth on-screen image. After a small crowd
had gathered to gawk at this technological step backwards, Chris Espinosa
wandered by from the nearby Apple booth and informally pronounced it 'Best
of Show' (that quote made it into MacWeek).

My friend has since developed the idea and now designs Mac-controlled
plotters for sign-making and other applications, and had a few follow-up
articles in other Mac magazines as a result of the 'publicity'. I
understand that commercialization is not the goal of Linux, but a little
exposure at something like MacWorld might result in more people willing to
contribute.


> Subvert the Dominant Paradigm. Use Linux.

Best of luck with your efforts!

-- Don

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From: "M.C. Wai" <R15892@PACCVM.corp.mot.com>
Subject: Is there OLE ability in Xwindows?
Date: 19 May 1994 05:24:05 -0400
Reply-To: R15892@PACCVM.corp.mot.com

  I want to know that X-windows have OLE features or any technology
like OLE one. If so, which applications, especially databases and
Spreadsheet applications, can run under this feature. Please give me
the exactly name and place where I can get it. Thank you!


Regards,
MC Wai

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From: "M.C. Wai" <R15892@PACCVM.corp.mot.com>
Subject: Can I run a DOS app. in Linux?
Date: 19 May 1994 05:19:40 -0400
Reply-To: R15892@PACCVM.corp.mot.com

  Is it possible to run DOS application under Linux environment? If so,
is there any limitation of those DOS application? E.g., any GIF, JPEG
viewer can run? If those Viewer can't, I think Linux will provide
some applications like DOS provided, right? Please give me some
advice!
Thank you!


Regards,
MC Wai

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From: Mitchum DSouza <m.dsouza@mrc-apu.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: NIS Status
Date: 19 May 1994 05:27:27 -0400
Reply-To: m.dsouza@mrc-apu.cam.ac.uk


| 
|   Can someone tell me the status of NIS or "Yellow Pages" under linux?

This is such a frequently recurring question that I actually submitted a section
in the NET-HOWTO/FAQ. However it has not made it there.

Here is my submission as it may appear.....

Mitch

*** NET-2-HOWTO.old     Fri Apr 22 15:13:18 1994
--- NET-2-HOWTO Fri Apr 22 17:29:21 1994
***************
*** 70,75 ****
--- 70,77 ----
        8.      Are You Stuck ?
        9.      Common Problems and Solutions.
        9.1     Not so common problems and solutions (Mostly NFS).
+       9.2     The automounter AMD.
+       9.3     Is there a NIS/YP implementation for Linux ??
        10.     Known bugs.
        11.     Copyright Message. (We're not ogres, nor are we silly).
        12.     Miscellaneous.
***************
*** 1104,1115 ****
  
        The system has some library functions called the resolver library.
        This file specifies how your system will lookup host names. It should
!       contain the two lines:
  
                order hosts,bind
                multi on
  
!       These two lines tell the resolve libraries to first check the 
        /etc/hosts file for any names to lookup, and then ask the nameserver
        (if one is present). The "multi" entry allows you to have multiple
        IP addresses for a given machine name in /etc/hosts.
--- 1106,1117 ----
  
        The system has some library functions called the resolver library.
        This file specifies how your system will lookup host names. It should
!       contain the two lines (at the very least):
  
                order hosts,bind
                multi on
  
!       These two lines tell the resolv libraries to first check the 
        /etc/hosts file for any names to lookup, and then ask the nameserver
        (if one is present). The "multi" entry allows you to have multiple
        IP addresses for a given machine name in /etc/hosts.
***************
*** 1119,1125 ****
        resolv+(8) man page (if you have the man page available).
  
        If you don't, they are available from:
!         Site:           src.doc.ic.ac.uk [146.169.2.1]
          Directory:      /computing/comms/tcpip/nameserver/resolv+
          File:           resolv+2.1.1.tar.Z
  
--- 1121,1127 ----
        resolv+(8) man page (if you have the man page available).
  
        If you don't, they are available from:
!         Site:           sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk [146.169.2.10]
          Directory:      /computing/comms/tcpip/nameserver/resolv+
          File:           resolv+2.1.1.tar.Z
  
***************
*** 2019,2024 ****
--- 2021,2201 ----
        the first. NOTE that the second interface will require a different
        IP address to the first. You may need to play with the routing a
        bit to get it to do what you want, but it should work.
+ 
+ 9.2   The automounter AMD.
+ 
+       QUESTION: Why an automounter ??
+ 
+       ANSWER: An automounter provides a convinent means of mounting
+       file systems on demand - i.e. when required. This therefore reduces
+       both server and client load, and provides a great deal of flexibility
+       even with non-NFS mounts. It also offers a redundancy mechanism
+       whereby a mount point will automatically switch to a secondary
+       server should a primary one go down. A rather useful mount called
+       the `union' mount gives the automounter the ability to merge
+       contents of multiple directories into a single directory. The
+       documentation must be read thoroughly to make full use of its
+       extensive capability.
+ 
+       A few important points must be remembered - (in no order):
+ 
+         o     AMD maps are NOT compatable with Sun maps which in turn are NOT
+               compatable with NeXT maps which likewise are NOT compatable
+               with HP maps .... ad infinitum. The point however here is that
+               AMD *is* freely available and compatable with all systems
+               mentioned above and more, thus giving you the ability to
+               share maps if AMD is installed a throughout your network. We
+               use it with a mixture of Linux/Dec/NeXT/Sun.
+ 
+         o     Sun automount maps can be converted to AMD style by using
+               the perl script in the contrib directory `automount2amd.pl'
+ 
+         o     You must have the `portmapper' running before starting AMD.
+ 
+         o     UFS mounts do NOT timeout.
+ 
+         o     UFS mounts in the case of linux ONLY have been extended to
+               deal with *all* varieties of native filesystems (i.e. minix,
+               ext, ext2, xiafs ....) with the default being minix. This
+               undoccumented feature is accessed in the `opts' option like:
+                       ...., opts:=type=msdos,conv=auto
+ 
+         o     Do not mount over existing directories unless you use a
+               `direct' automount option otherwise it is like mounting
+               your disk on /home when some user directory is /home/fred.
+ 
+         o     Always turn on full logging with the "-x all" option to
+               AMD if you have any troubles. Check also what the command
+ 
+                   % amq -ms
+ 
+               reports as it will indicate problems as they occur.
+ 
+         o     GNU getopt() is too clever for its own good sometimes.
+               You should always use `--' before the non-options. E.g.
+ 
+                    # /etc/amd -x all -l syslog -a /amd -- /net /etc/amd.net
+ 
+       QUESTION: I'm convinced - Where can I get AMD from please ??
+ 
+       ANSWER: Look at
+               Site:   sunsite.unc.edu
+               Dir:    /pub/Linux/system/Misc/mount
+               File:   amd920824upl67.tar.gz
+ 
+       This contains ready to run binaries, full sources and doccumentation
+       in texinfo format.
+ 
+       An Example:
+               Say your /etc/fstab had the entries
+ 
+                       server-1:/export/disk   /nfs/server-1  nfs defaults
+                       server-2:/export/disk   /nfs/server-2  nfs defaults
+ 
+               i.e. you were NFS mounting  server 1 and 2 on your linux
+               disk on /nfs/server-1 and /nfs/server-2 directories. Then
+               after removing (or commenting out) the above fstab entries
+               you could run AMD with the following command:
+ 
+                  /etc/amd -x all -l syslog -a /amd --  /nfs /etc/amd.server
+                  |      | |    | |       | |     |  |  |  | |             |
+                  |      | |    | |       | |     |  |  |  | |             |
+                  `------' `----' `-------' `-----'  |  `--' `-------------'
+                     |       |        |        |     |    |         |
+                    (1)     (2)      (3)      (4)   (5)  (6)       (7)
+ 
+       (1)     The full amd binary path (obviously optional) depending on
+               uour $PATH setting - so just "amd" amy be specified here.
+ 
+       (2)     "-x all" means turn FULL logging on. Read the docs for the
+               other logging levels.
+ 
+       (3)     "-l syslog" mean log the messages via the syslog daemon. This
+               could mean put it to a file/dump it/or pass it to a unused
+               tty or your console. This (syslog) can be changed to a name
+               of a file - i.e. "-l foo" will record to a file called foo.
+ 
+       (4)     "-a /amd" means use /amd directory as a temporary place for
+               automount points. This directory is created automatically by
+               AMD and should be removed before starting AMD in your /etc/rc
+               scripts.
+ 
+       (5)     "--" means tell getopt() to stop attempting to parse the rest
+               of the command line for options. This is especially useful
+               when specifying "type:=" options on the command line otherwise
+               getopt() tries to decode it incorrectly.
+ 
+       (6)     "/nfs" in the *real* NFS mount point. Again this is
+               automatically created and should NOT generally contain
+               subdirectories unless the "type:=direct" option is used.
+ 
+       (7)     The AMD map (i.e. a file) named "amd.server" contains
+               the lines
+ 
+               -------------------------cut----here----------------------
+               /defaults       opts:=rw;type:=nfs
+ 
+               server-1        rhost:=server-1;rfs:=/export/disk
+               server-2        rhost:=server-1;rfs:=/export/disk
+               -------------------------cut----here----------------------
+ 
+       Once started and sucessfully running you can query the status of the
+       mounts with the command
+ 
+               % amq -ms
+ 
+       Now if you now say
+ 
+               % ls /nfs
+ 
+       nothing should appear. However the command 
+ 
+               % ls /nfs/server-1
+ 
+       will mount the host "server-1" automatically. Voila AMD is running.
+       After the default timeout this will be automatically unmounted.
+ 
+       Your /etc/passwd file could contain entries like
+ 
+       linus:EncryptedPassword:10:0:God:/nfs/server-1/home/linus:/bin/sh
+       mitch:EncryptedPassword:20:10:Mitch DSouza:/nfs/server-1/home/mitch:/bin/tcsh
+       matt:EncryptedPassword:30:10:Matt Welsh:/nfs/server-2/home/matt:/bin/csh
+ 
+       in which case when linus, matt or myself logged in, our home directory
+       will be remotely mounted from the appropriate server and unmounted
+       when I logged out.
+ 
+ 9.3   Is there a NIS/YP implementation for Linux ??
+ 
+       Yes in fact there are two.
+       Firstly there is a rudimentary implementation in the standard libc
+       distribution which however requires binding to servers via ypbind
+       before use. A more cleaner and tending towards NIS+ implementation
+       is called NYS written by Peter Eriksson <pen@lysator.liu.se> is
+       available from
+ 
+               Site:   nic.funet.fi
+               Dir:    /pub/OS/Linux/BETA/NYS
+               File:   nys-0.26.tar.gz
+ 
+       A NIS style server can be retrieved from the same directory called
+ 
+               File:   ypserv-0.5.tar.gz
+ 
+       Obviously version numbering will change to reflect maturity.
+ 
+       Both of these are fully functional and I have used it regularly with
+       no troubles to query Sun servers for NIS information like
+       passwd/hosts/group etc... and doesn't require binding to arbitrary
+       servers. In fact it allows you to specify servers for services and
+       has the ability to select a yp/dns/file option for name/passwd/etc..
+       resolution of specific services. It is extremely easy to set up
+       and reccomended for client machines integrating into larger networks.
+ 
+       Clearly your network deamons and clients need to be recompiled to
+       link with the shared libnsl.so to make use of the YP facilities.
+       This is fairly trivial and a NYS package of all network clients and
+       deamons is being currently compiled.
  
  10.   Known bugs.
  

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From: whb@rastaban.usc.edu (Win Bent)
Subject: Re: BRIEF/vi Compatible GUI Text Editor
Date: 17 May 1994 13:25:21 -0700

In article <ann-8651.769136143@cs.cornell.edu> Rohit Mehrotra <rohit@metronet.com> writes:
>
>The purpose of this mail is to announce the availability of CRISP 4.1.9 via 
>anonymous FTP.
>
> [misc. features and rave reviews deleted]
>
>For information regarding its availability, features, pricing etc., send a 
>mail detailing your requirements to:

Sounds nice.  Oh, what's that?  "Pricing"?  Let's see...  It turns out
that a Fixed License to CRISP costs $300.

I DO NOT OBJECT to selling software on The Net.  I DO OBJECT to
announcements which bury the word "pricing" so that one might not
realise that it's a commercial offering.

You're announcing it to an OS-specific group!  How hard would it have
been to include the OS-specific pricing in the announcement?

-- 
Wilson H. Bent, Jr.             whb@usc.edu
USC University Comp. Services   (213) 740-3181
Disclaimer: My company has not authorized me to issue a disclaimer.

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From: len@zen.holonet.net (Len Cook)
Subject: help, pls., error writing headers to /tmp/
Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 04:35:01 GMT


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From: mdw@cs.cornell.edu (Matt Welsh)
Subject: Re: IDE (debugger) for Linux (was Re: Arguments for Unix vs DOS)
Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 05:23:27 GMT

In article <newcombe.178.001F5E34@aa.csc.peachnet.edu> newcombe@aa.csc.peachnet.edu (Dan Newcombe) writes:
>I am pretty sure you can do this from Emacs.  I know that you can run the 
>compiler from Emacs - I've compiled the kernel from there.  I'm not sure about 
>the jumping around part.  

Emacs gdb-mode (use M-x gdb) does all of this and more. Easily extensible,
too, although I prefer to use gdb without Emacs. It will keep the
source code in a separate window and point at the current line as you
step along, etc.

xxgdb is an X-based interface to gdb. I prefer it to UPS, simply because 
gdb itself is quite powerful.


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From: mdw@cs.cornell.edu (Matt Welsh)
Subject: Re: Wait'll you see the May 16th PCWEEK...
Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 05:31:47 GMT

In article <jrimmer.52.0013E8A7@netcom.com> jrimmer@netcom.com (Jason Rimmer) writes:
>       If you thought the May 9th PCWEEK's report on Linux was bad, you'll probably 
>want to hide the May 16th issue.  Here's the goods (typos are mine):

Can someone provide a contact point (e-mail or phone number) for
a Novell representative that might be able to answer some questions
about this product? If so, please e-mail me directly. (I'd like to 
prevent thousands of phone calls to Novell from concerned Linux users.)

I think that it's important for the Linux community to get the scoop 
on Novell's intentions for the system.  Perhaps not all of this has 
solidified, but from this description it sounds quite _unlike_ Linux---
i.e., not a Linux system as we know it. Coupled with PowerPC support I 
suspect that Novell has incorporated only the core of the Linux
kernel, and therefore this product shouldn't be seen as ``in competition''
with Linux. 

Thanks.
mdw

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From: rodr@scream.wimsey.com (Rod Reed)
Subject: Re: from field in smail
Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 06:12:41 GMT

Shim Phyau Min (med70047@solar.cc.nus.sg) wrote:

: Hello, I'm having problems setting up smail. Please e-mail to me if you 
: can help.
: When I set the visible_domain=shim@csah.com , the resulting messages 
: become ivan@shim@csah.com . How do I get the first @ to be a % .
: Thanks.

It should be:
visible_domain=csah.com

(at least it is on mine and mine works.  If I remember correctly, I used
some script (supplied with Slackware) to build my config and it didn't
do it properly.  Or maybe I misunderstood one of the questions. (which
is more likely :)

Rod

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From: richter@sv5.mch.sni.de (Richter.Juergen T 7270 R 92-509 WS sx15 )
Subject: Does XFree/Linux run with 20MB RAM?
Date: 19 May 1994 09:15:13 GMT

[ Article crossposted from comp.windows.x.i386unix ]
[ Author was Richter.Juergen T 7270 R 92-509 WS sx15 ]
[ Posted on 19 May 1994 09:02:45 GMT ]

I've changed my RAM from 4 MB to 20 MB. After that Linux and XFree ran
fine for a while. But once, when I was editing a normal file, suddenly 
the letters on my screen got confused. That is, some letters were 
replaced by others and what I typed was not what I got. This problem 
was solved after a reboot.

But: Whenever I start XFree now, I get everything (mouse cursor, virtual
window manager screen overview, windows) twice on the screen. In the 1024x768
resolution the image repeats in the bottom third of the screen. When I'm
changing to lower resolutions the whole double-image is magnified, so the
second image repeats nearer to the bottom of the screen. When I'm moving the
mouse cursor down into the second image, the "shadow" mouse cursor appears at
the top of the screen, moving down too. Windows, which are dragged down
partly into the bottom area, have the part, which is in the bottom area, not
properly refreshed. The same is true for the mouse cursor.
When I'm using MS-Windows at 1024x768 everything is fine.

My Linux version is 0.99 pl 15, my "X -probeonly" output is:
 
XFree86 Version 2.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
Operating System: Linux
Configured drivers:
  VGA256: server for 8-bit colour SVGA (Patchlevel 0):
      et4000, et3000, pvga1, wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c31, gvga, ati,
      tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga9000, clgd5420,
      clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225,
      clgd6235, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, oti067, oti077
(using VT number 7)
 
Xconfig: /usr/X386/lib/X11/Xconfig
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) Mouse: type: MouseSystems, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/
fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
(**) VGA256: chipset:  clgd5428
(**) VGA256: videoram: 1024k
(**) VGA256: clocks:  25.23  28.32  41.16  36.08  31.50  39.99  45.08  49.87
(**) VGA256: clocks:  64.98  72.16  75.00  80.01  85.23
(--) VGA256: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 85MHz
(**) VGA256: Mode "1024x768i": mode clock =  44.900, clock used =  45.080
(**) VGA256: Mode "800x600a": mode clock =  36.000, clock used =  36.080
(**) VGA256: Mode "800x600b": mode clock =  40.000, clock used =  39.990
(**) VGA256: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768
(--) VGA256: Generic SpeedUps selected (Flags=0x30)
(--) clgd5428: Using accelerator functions
 
Any hints?


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From: danw@hebron.connected.com (Dan Wilder)
Subject: Re: cross-compiler
Date: 15 May 1994 11:03:10 -0700

dvukovic@csn.org (Donald VuKovic) writes:


>Has anyone used gcc under Linux to cross-compile to another target?

>I have noticed the .H and other files in the gcc distribution that shows
>other target processors.

>Is there a FAQ about cross-compiling?

Yes, it is the INSTALL file in the gcc distribution.  The instructions
are included as part of the instructions on making the compiler.  I've
built gcc-2.4.5 SCO host to MC68000 target once, had some problems with
the code generated, am recently trying again, with a little help this
time from Hundred Acre Consulting who are the cross compiler specialists,
for a small yearly support fee.  While the information available is 
neither complete nor perfect, I'd say my problems so far on this pass
have been much more SCO than GNU.  And of course I'm forwarding an
account of my travails back to HAC, who will evaluate and post what
is worthwhile posting back to GNU.  

Not all combinations of hosts and targets are supported.  For
info mail (i think) sales@pooh.com or info@pooh.com.

---
Dan Wilder

>Thanks in advance

>donaldV


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Crossposted-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.unixware,comp.unix.solaris
From: csgr@cs.ru.ac.za (Geoff Rehmet)
Subject: Re: A good NFS server ?
Reply-To: csgr@cs.ru.ac.za
Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 07:43:46 GMT

In <2rcdee$c8@wea.eel.ufl.edu> acg@kzin.cen.ufl.edu (Alexandra Griffin) writes:

>One major deficiency wrt Linux is its *very* slow NFS service-- it's
>presently slower than that on any other Unix implementation I've used.
>Can anyone explain why this might be so?

I can't say that I have any experience with Linux as a NFS server, but
I have also seen rather poor performance with a Linux system running as
a NFS client.  (About 90K/sec for a Linux client, as opposed to 600K/sec
for a FreeBSD client, running the same hardware.)

What I did notice, is that Linux does not appear to have a nfsiod.  Is
this correct?  Maybe someone on one of the Linux groups has some
suggestions on how to increase performance?

As far as running NFS on FreeBSD goes, that has recently been added to
the FAQ, and people having questions may want to have a look there.

Geoff.
--
 Geoff Rehmet, Computer Science Department,   | ____   _ o         /\
  Rhodes University,  South Africa            |___  _-\_<,        / /\/\
 FreeBSD core team                            |    (*)/'(*)    /\/ /  \ \
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