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From: Michael Conlen <m@obmail.net>
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Subject: Re: 6.1 and NFS
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On Sep 21, 2006, at 2:22 PM, Kris Kennaway wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 02:21:08PM -0400, Michael Conlen wrote:
>> I recall that FreeBSD 6.1 had some NFS & lockd issues that were a
>> show stopper at one time for me however I'm having trouble finding
>> information on the current state of NFS. Anyone have a pointer to
>> information?
>
> rpc.lockd remains unreliable; avoid using it if practical.

This is becoming a show stopper for us moving forward with FreeBSD  
and may require us moving to a different OS (Linux or Solaris, each  
with significant downsides). Do you have a pointer on where I can  
track the issue so as to make a decision at some point in the future?

--
Michael Conlen