Subject: Re: TCP NFS mounts of swap/root ?
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Greg A. Woods <woods@most.weird.com>
List: current-users
Date: 10/30/1998 12:31:56
[ On Fri, October 30, 1998 at 17:50:49 (+0100), Matthias Drochner wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: TCP NFS mounts of swap/root ?
>
> I once compared the NFS performances and found UDP
> transport slightly faster than TCP (on a local, non-lossy network).
> So I don't use TCP even if available.

Neither do I, though primarily because none of the clients (diskless or
otherwise) that I have, including NetBSD-1.3.x and BSD/OS 1.1, can
survive if a TCP mounted NFS server reboots.

> And: You can change it later via "mount -u".

That's good to know!

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