nfs server - works for ext3, not for vfat

nfs server works nicely under current tomsrtbt(*) for all the ordinary ext3 
filesystems.   However, I then tried serving my WinNT VFAT32 partition.  It 
half-worked.  I was able to mount it locally under tomsrtbt, and I was then 
able to mount it from another machine and at first I could list files in the 
C: drive dir, but when I tried to cd to it, it "disappeared".  And then I 
couldn't even list files any more.

Running my normal RH7.3 on that same machine and nfs-serving that same VFAT, 
the other machine could list, cd, and view all files no problem at all.    
So it appears to be a problem in either the 2.2.20 kernel or those libc5 
version of rpc.xxx and portmap.

What is now annoying me is, shortly after I tried it, I read something 
somewhere which gave me some suggestion of something to try, made a mental 
note of it as I couldn't do it right then, now I can try whatever it was but 
have forgotten it.    Any suggestion?

(*) Actually in case anyone else tries this, I am runnning my own kernel and 
had specified support for all NFS options and VFAT fs.  Not sure whether the 
stock tomsrtbt kernel has all those.

John
______________________________________________
----Original Message Follows----
From: "John Lumby" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [tomsrtbt] need libc5 versino of portmap - and where are the 
add-ons?
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:39:01 -0500

Ah, thanks.   But actually - I see they are not on all mirrors.  I had 
looked on the ibiblio one and they are not on that : 
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery/
But I do see them on the tux one : 
http://www.tux.org/pub/distributions/tinylinux/tomsrtbt/

Still think maybe nice to add their location to the FAQ.

John
----Original Message Follows----
From: Tom Oehser <[email protected]>
To: John Lumby <[email protected]>
CC: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [tomsrtbt]  need libc5 versino of portmap - and where are the 
add-ons?
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:58:16 -0500 (EST)


The add-ons are availalbe on the same mirrors where tomsrtbt is,
start at http://www.toms.net/rb/, follow through to tux or one
of the others, you'll see them there. -Tom

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, John Lumby wrote:

 > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:08:12 -0500
 > From: John Lumby <[email protected]>
 > To: [email protected]
 > Subject: [tomsrtbt]  need libc5 versino of portmap - and where are the
 >     add-ons?

 > (maybe nice to add their location to the FAQ)?
 >
 > John

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