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Date: Sun 18-Oct-1991 20:24:50 From: minch@lotka.stanford.edu (Eric Minch) Subject: NFSmount of external storage devices I was so sure this *must* be in the documentation that I've spent the last couple of days looking through manuals, FAQ, NextAnswers, etc., but no luck. I've got a server and one client (soon to be two). The server has an external 1.2GB HD with user data and programs on it. All I want to do is set things up so the external HD device shows up on every machine instead of just the server. It would also be very nice if--whenever someone on one machine pops in a floppy or an OD, it shows up on the other machines. That's not asking too much is it? But where is the answer? I don't know. Hints, anyone? **************************** Disclaimer: Any resemblance * Eric Minch * to the opinions of persons * Epistemic Artisan * or organizations other than * Stanford Genetics * myself-- * minch@lotka.stanford.edu* living, dead, or imaginary **************************** --is purely fortuitous.
Date: Sun 18-Oct-1991 23:55:47 From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson) Subject: Re: NFSmount of external storage devices minch@lotka.stanford.edu (Eric Minch) writes: >I've got a server and one client (soon to be two). The server has an >external 1.2GB HD with user data and programs on it. All I want to do >is set things up so the external HD device shows up on every machine >instead of just the server. It would also be very nice if--whenever >someone on one machine pops in a floppy or an OD, it shows up on the >other machines. For the first part, refer to pages 91-97 in the Network and SysAdmin Manual. It's exactly what you want - you edit the /etc/exports on the server, and do what it says to do on each client in NetInfoManager. You can also do it in UNIX if you're used to fstab's. Just niload fstab . </etc/mynewfstab when you make them. But don't listen to this if you aren't familiar with making BSD 4.3 fstab's. For the second part, one way would be to export /floppy from each station, and set autodiskmount to mount any floppy to /floppy. But you'd have to re-issue a mount command on any machine that wanted to read it - as far as I know. Maybe someone else can clear this part up.
Date: Sun 19-Oct-1991 23:49:41 From: eps@futon.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) Subject: Re: NFSmount of external storage devices [Followups directed to comp.sys.next.sysadmin; please do not crosspost within comp.sys.next.* newsgroups] In article <1991Oct18.202450.12751@morrow.stanford.edu> minch@lotka.stanford.edu (Eric Minch) writes: >I was so sure this *must* be in the documentation that I've spent the >last couple of days looking through manuals, FAQ, NextAnswers, etc., >but no luck. Have you looked at the Summer '91 Support Bulletin [available for anonymous FTP from sonata.cc.purdue.edu]? Wayde Schoeder wrote a really nice (and rather long) article on NFS. >I've got a server and one client (soon to be two). The server has an >external 1.2GB HD with user data and programs on it. All I want to do >is set things up so the external HD device shows up on every machine >instead of just the server. That's easy. (1) Make sure the HD is listed in /etc/fstab so the automounter keeps its grubby paws off it (2) Add an entry to /etc/exports for the HD (3) Make sure each client has a NetInfo fstab entry for the HD (this can be in each client's local domain, or in something shared by all clients). See the Support Bulletin article for details. > It would also be very nice if--whenever >someone on one machine pops in a floppy or an OD, it shows up on the >other machines. If you attempt to do this, the medium becomes NONREMOVABLE (busy). It's a bad idea for other reasons involving performance and security. -=EPS=-
Date: Sun 20-Oct-1991 00:48:27 From: hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) Subject: Re: NFSmount of external storage devices This is related: I tried to mount a disk off a workstation in my office on my NeXT at home connected via Louie Mamakos' dialupip. The mount was successful, but rather useless, since dialupip was choking on the large packets, and the Stuart window from which, say, a df , or cd command was issued would hang (while the console would get repeated messages from dialupip). The upshot was that I could not unmount the disk and had to reboot. I am back to using rcp and ange-ftp (which with the Multitech 1432EAB modem makes remote editing of files quite bearable). Greetings, Hardy -------****------- Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy); Department of Physics, University of California Irvine CA 92717; (714) 856 5543; hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu or MMAYER@UCI.BITNET
Date: Sun 20-Oct-1991 01:49:47 From: eps@futon.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) Subject: Re: NFSmount of external storage devices In article <HARDY.91Oct19174757@golem.ps.uci.edu> hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) writes: >This is related: I tried to mount a disk off a workstation in my >office on my NeXT at home connected via Louie Mamakos' dialupip. >The mount was successful, but rather useless, since dialupip was >choking on the large packets Have you tried explicitly setting the rsize and wsize mount options? -=EPS=-
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