[ILUG] Happy ending ? (Was - Using Linux to backup other os's)

[Paul Jakma]

On Mon, 14 May 2001, Andrew Kemmy wrote:


> This was a bit of a pain. I tried using RedHat 6.2 before I
> recieved Niall's reply, and, of course, dd exited after 2 Gig.
> Next try was SuSE 7.0, add kernel 2.4.1 sources, recompile,
> reboot. A few errors about modules on boot but nothing serious.
> Unfortunately the Kernel-based NFS server was totally broken;
> "function not implemented" type errors when trying to start NFS

not totally broken.. it lockd. Your NFS utils are trying to start it,
however newer kernels start it automatically and have no facility for
starting it automatically -> function not implemented.

get a newer nfs-utils. (0.3.1 i think) and be aware it uses
tcpwrappers.

--paulj