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From: John Fox <john@tlh.org>
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To: schweikh@noc.dfn.de
Subject: Re: option NFS -- why would I want it?
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>However, even without option NFS in the kernel, I can use all
>NFS stuff, like mounting nfs file systems, use the automounter
>and so on. The machine works both as nfs server and client.
>
>I do think that 'option NFS' is there for a reason. The only reason
>I can think of right now is that I need nfs in the kernel if the
>machine is diskless. Is there another catch?
>
I don't think the automounter loads NFS itself.  So if you want
to use the automounter but not export anything yourself (and not
run nfsd and mountd) you have to build NFS support into the
kernel or manually load it.

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