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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!viper.inow.com!ns1.aplatform.com!ns2.mainstreet.net!news.PBI.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!pier2.bayarea.net!baygate.bayarea.net!thorpej From: thorpej@baygate.bayarea.net (Jason R. Thorpe) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Netbooting NetBSD/SPARC from FreeBSD-box Date: 20 Sep 1996 17:45:40 GMT Organization: George's NetBSD answer man Lines: 16 Message-ID: <51ul84$68@pier2.bayarea.net> References: <51s4j3$2n0@charm.il.ft.hse.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: baygate.bayarea.net In article <51s4j3$2n0@charm.il.ft.hse.nl>, Edwin Mons <edwinm@il.ft.hse.nl> wrote: >problem lies. Aparently, FreeBSD 2.1.0 can't export a file (only >directories), while NetBSD/SPARC wants the swapfile to be mountable. That's probably the problem, yes. >Does anybody know a sollution for this problem? Hack your mountd to allow exporting of regular files. Look for the directory check, and make it allow regular files, too. It's a one-liner. -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@bayarea.net>