[Gllug] NFS mount problem

[Nix]

On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Adrian McMenamin moaned:
> I am trying to mount an NFS volume from a 2.6.9 box to a 2.4.20 box. The share 
> mounts but then hangs when there is much traffic. 
> 
> I beleive there is a version difference between the nfs server and client 
> (2.6.8 runs nfs v4, while the client will be nfs v2 - is that right?).
> 
> Is there anything special I need to know as a result of this version 
> difference?

NFSv4 is *not* compatible with v3 or any lower protocol: it's quite different
(not just because of the global namespace rooted at /nfs, either).

That's why 2.6.x supports running NFSv3 and v4 servers at the same time.

(2.4.20 supports v3 well; I've been running it for years.)

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