On 2022-06-28 21:50, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
The DOS based NFS client was actually never compatible with NFS at all.
That would explain why I'm having problems getting it to work.
People used to run pcnfsd on the server if they wanted a DOS client to connect. The call that is complaining is looking for an RPC service called HCLNFSD which was hummingbird's version of PCNFSD.
I did see references to HCLNFSD in the capture from tshark. Now they make more sense.
Suse had a heavily patched version of some old unix pcnfsd code once upon a time that might work. [snip] No idea if the hummingbird client would work with PCNFSD or really insists on only talking to the hummingbird server. Apparently the client came with source code for the server to run on your unix server (by which they meant AIX and similar of course, not that irrelevant toy named Linux).
I will see if I can find the source for the PCNFSD program. I'll see if the Hummingbird disks can be found that have the source meant for use with AIX. If I can find the sources I can take a shot at building it for Linux. I don't have access to the old DOS machine as it is located in another city which makes testing things more difficult.
But basic answer is that DOS NFS clients were special and needed a server meant only for them, not a standards compliant NFS server.
Thank you for the information, Lennart. I was hoping someone on this list might have some knowledge about this topic. I do have one other option I can pursue and that is to see whether a DOS based Samba client would work. I did a quick search and such a beast does exist but is not officially supported so my mileage will vary. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ | "Nerds make the shiny things that https://www.patreon.com/KevinCozens | distract the mouth-breathers, and | that's why we're powerful" Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | #include <disclaimer/favourite> | --Chris Hardwick