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- From: curt@ekhadafi.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch 903 2F021 curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com 512-838-2806)
- Subject: Re: NFS, /dev
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- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 20:51:37 GMT
- References: <Dec.11.19.30.18.1992.7849@remus.rutgers.edu>
- Organization: IBM AWD, Austin
- Keywords: NFS, mounting /dev
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- In article <Dec.11.19.30.18.1992.7849@remus.rutgers.edu> sosa@remus.rutgers.edu (Fred L. Sosa) writes:
- >I have a RS/6000 running 3.2 with tape devices connected to it. I have
- >another RS/6000 running 3.1.5 I believe. I was wondering if it is
- >possible to mount /dev on the 3.1.5 machine so it could access the
- >tape drives on the other machine running 3.2. If it is possible how
- >would you do it? Is there another way of doing it? Thanks in advance.
-
- No.
-
- You cannot use NFS to write to a device file across the network.
- NFS is stateless, which means the open() doesn't even go across the wire.
- Devices like to see their open()s so they can initialize and whatnot.
-
- AFS is stateful but I doubt that it gives you this capability either.
-
- You can do something with pipes and rsh and his friends to get what
- you want somehow. There are probably other ways. rdump/rrestore etc...
-
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