edubuntu + nfs

[Karl Goetz]

On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 20:58 +0200, Antonello Facchetti wrote:
> I set up a school lab with 15 pcs and edubuntu 7.04.
> 
> A PC exports /home via nfs to the others.
> 
> I've got a problem when a class get into the lab and all the computers 
> boot practically at the same time  (typical situation): some computers 
> do not get the /home dir so users can't log on.
> 
> The only solution is to boot the computers sequentially, one by one, 
> waiting about 30 seconds between  each one.
> 
> I tried to mount manually in a console the /homes and it takes seconds 
> (about 5-10) to have a result.
> 
> Is there any misconfiguration I my have done? (really, I just edited the 
> exports file)
> What should I check to speed up the process?

you might need to increase the number of nfs threads running (if you
can), and or increase the timeout for connects.
kk

> 
> Antonello
> 
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Karl Goetz,
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