[OpenAFS] Re: can't cd to /afs

[Mike Lee]

Thank you
Now it work, I just redownload rh7.2.2 (old fiel is 7.2.1)
rpm install are all ok


Derek Atkins wrote:

>Mike Lee <mike.li@bamboonetworks.com> writes:
>
>>afsmodname is not in openafs-kernel-source-1.2.3-rh7.2.1.i386.rpm , but
>>
>
>Right.  afsmodname is in the openafs-client package, and is
>located in /usr/vice/etc.
>
>>openafs-source-1.2.3-rh7.2.1.src.rpm
>>however the packet openafs-source-1.2.3-rh7.2.1.src.rpm fail to be
>>installed.
>>
>
>Huh?  Why are you installing openafs-source?  I said that you should
>install "openafs-kernel-source".  There is a difference.
>
>>ok, but it is very common that to recompile the kernel, for example,
>>when you want to install Oracle.
>>could make it more flexible to install. I guess it will depend
>>distribution too much.
>>
>
>No, it is actually NOT very common to recompile the kernel.  MIT has
>thousands of machines, and less than 1% of them are using a rebuilt
>kernel.
>
>And for the record, the install is fairly flexible.  You just seem
>to be having more trouble than most people in installing the base
>RPMs and building a new kernel module.
>
>>BTW:
>>why I do not install with rpm packet, because it fail during install
>>client packet(script error).
>>
>
>This is a known bug.  Try with the newly released packages.
>
>>BTW2:
>>when I use the libafs built from openafs-1.2.3-src.tar.gz, It also get
>>the same or more.
>>In my opinion, recompile should not have that problem, everything is new
>>and design for current running system
>>
>
>If you're getting a problem with your own built library, that implies
>that the kernel you are running is not the same as the kernel sources
>that you built against.  Unfortunately there is nothing that I or
>anyone else can do to help prevent operator error.
>
>-derek
>