[PLUG] Problem nfs-mounting "large files"

[Dean S. Messing]

Galen Seitz wrote:
: Dean S. Messing wrote:
: 
: > 
: > I have a large .iso image (4GB) on machine B which I have loopback
: > mounted to directory /mnt/disk.
: > 
: > When I try to nfs mount B:/mnt/disk to machine A I get a "permission
: > denied" error.
: > 
: > If I replace the 4GB image with, say, a 700MB .iso image, I have
: > no problem with the NFS mount.
: > 
: > I'm running the latest version of Mandriva (2005LE == Mandrake 10.2)
: > on machine B and Mandrake 10.0 on machine A.
: > 
: > While googling around on this problem I've seen references to "large
: > file" problems with rpc.mountd on older versions of nfs (like v. 2)
: > but my current systems are (I presume) running a later version (3 or 4).
: > Don't know how to find out which version however.
: > 
: 
: There may be a better way, but nfsstat or rpcinfo -p will tell you 
: which version you are running.
: 

Thanks Galen.

I don't see any version info in rpcinfo -p but nfsstat says that the nfs
server is running v3.  Any ideas why there seems to be a "small file" size
limit on the situation I'm running?

Dean