Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!arc!chet From: chet@Advansoft.COM (Chet Wood) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux Subject: Re: Personal System Folders and NFS Message-ID: Date: 4 Dec 90 21:28:13 GMT References: <1990Dec3.045212.12037@julius.cs.uiuc.edu> <==1qg2.c"5@smurf.sub.org> Sender: @advansoft.com Organization: Advansoft Research Corp, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 31 In-Reply-To: urlichs@smurf.sub.org's message of 3 Dec 90 18:56:15 GMT >>>>> On 3 Dec 90 18:56:15 GMT, urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) said: matthias> Interesting. This statrs to look like some sort of NFS matthias> incompatibility. matthias> For the record, I saw the problem with our Ultrix 4.0 NFS matthias> server. I've noticed the problem. Our file server is a Sun4/370 running SunOS 4.1. The disk with the home directories is big-- 1 GB. It was taking me 5-10 minutes to log in until I moved my system folder to a local disk. I eventually just created a home directory on the local disk. I seem to remember that that speeded things up more. One of our users has _never_ been able to log in-- the system hangs for hours-- until you telnet in and kill the fake_mac_os process. ( Creating a local home directory for him will presumably cure the problem-- if he ever again shows an interest in using the Mac.) A friend in the A/UX group has hypothesized that it may be an ethernet problem. We are running a 3COM board on our FX. I'm told it interrupts the processor on every longword. You're supposed to have an apple ethernet card of series "F" or something like that for decent throughput on the FX. chet. -- Chet Wood ~ (408)727-3357 X269 chet@Advansoft.Com . Advansoft Research Corporation arc!chet@apple.COM . 4301 Great America Parkway, 6th floor apple!arc!chet . Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA