Maria McKinley <maria@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Things work well up until it is time to mount the file system from > fstab (ie, it mounts everything ro, makes it all the way through init > and gives me a command prompt). The rw mount is not happening because > rpc.statd never starts. If I try to start rpc.statd by hand, it > complains that: Opening /var/run/rpc.statd.pid failed: Read-only file > system. Since I am mounting the root directory over nfs, it makes sense > for this file to be read-only until rpc.statd starts and Is there any > way I can start statd without a pid file until I get the root file > system mounted rw? Or something else to try? Try setting RAMRUN=yes in /etc/default/rcS, which will mount a tmpfs on /var/run early in the boot process. I think I read something about defaulting this to yes being a release goal for squeeze, so there may be lenny packages that won't like this. -- Paul Collins Wellington, New Zealand Dag vijandelijk luchtschip de huismeester is dood ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs _______________________________________________ Please note that nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is being discontinued. Please subscribe to linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx instead. http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-nfs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
