source: postlfs/config/netfs.xml@ 6732c094

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<sect1 id="postlfs-config-netfs"  xreflabel="Configuring for Network Filesystems">
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  <title>Configuring for Network Filesystems</title>

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  <indexterm zone="postlfs-config-netfs postlfs-config-netfs">
    <primary sortas="f-netfs">netfs</primary>
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  <para>While LFS is capable of mounting network file systems such as NFS,
  these are not mounted by the <filename>mountfs</filename> init script.
  Network file systems must be mounted after the networking is activated and
  unmounted before the network goes down.  The <filename>netfs</filename>
  bootscript was written to handle both boot-time mounting of network
  filesystems, if the entry in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> contains the
  <option>_netdev</option> option, and unmounting of all network filesystems
  before the network is brought down.</para>

  <para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, install
  the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/netfs</filename> bootscript included with the
  <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.</para>

<screen role='root'><userinput>make install-netfs</userinput></screen>

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