nfs before netfs?

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Sun, 6 Jun 2004, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:

>
>     I have a server that needs to NFS mount a mount point that it
> exports (bare with me, it's my sanity on the line here - the server
> exports a whole directory to the network, and to keep my sanity, I have
> it mount that directory just like all the other servers do - this makes
> it easier in writing scripts that need to run on that mount point on all
> the servers.)  However, because init runs netfs before nfs, that mount
> point always fails to get mounted.  So, the question now is: is it safe
> to change the order in which netfs and nfs run (and load up nfs and
> nfslock before netfs runs)?  Any pros and cons or caveats I should be
> aware of?

Why not just add an explicit mount in /etc/rc.local?  That's the last
thing done in the init cycle.

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		Matthew Saltzman

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