I'm not sure what your problem is, but I can verify that internally here at
NetApp we use DU 4.0D (rev 878) extensively on several Alpha machines against
multiple filers with no issues. We have also run with 4.0E. What version of the
filer software are you running?
Mark Muhlestein -- mmm(a)netapp.com
-----Original Message-----
From: sirbruce(a)ix.netcom.com [mailto:sirbruce@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Monday, April 26, 1999 6:39 PM
To: jgaski(a)WPI.EDU; toasters(a)mathworks.com
Subject: Re: Digital UNIX clients -- no non-root access
On 04/26/99 21:11:27 you wrote:
>I have an open call with Network Appliance, but they have said that
>there must be something strange in Compaq's implementation of the NFS
>client. The same error occurs on Digital UNIX 4.0D pl3, 4.0E pl1, and
>5.0 beta. It occurs whether the mount is soft or hard, udp or tcp,
>nfsv3 or nfsv2.
>
>It seems like such a large, ubiquitous error that I can't believe
>noone would have seen it before. I thought that Digital UNIX support
>was standard, and I can't imagine how all of our Alpha clients could
>be non-standard in such a way.
You'd be surprised. Lots of vendors have little quirks in their
implementation that, while they happen to work okay with one server,
are really out of spec and may not work with another.
However, I know that Digital Unix *used* to work, but the last I
ever saw personally work was 4.0C. So either they've changed
something, or something in the new Netapp release fixed/broke
something.
Bruce
