Re: Trouble with nfs mount

[Fredrik Salomonsson <plattfot@posteo.net>]

Hi,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Fredrik Salomonsson <plattfot@posteo.net> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>> ---✂----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> …
>> shepherd: Evaluating user expression (and (defined? (quote transient?)) (map (# ?) ?)).
>> guix system: warning: exception caught while executing 'start' on service 'file-system-/media/Valhalla':
>> In procedure mount: mount "fafner:/srv/nfs4/Valhalla" on "///media/Valhalla": Invalid argument
>> guix system: warning: some services could not be upgraded
>> …
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> So that's probably what's happening during boot.
>>
>> I have no idea how it transforms the mount-point from "/media/Valhalla"
>> to "///media/Valhalla" and if that's a red herring.
>>
>> Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Nothing; mounting an NFS file system at boot is not supported currently
> with Guix System; see the related issue #47706.

Ah, ok. Thanks for the info.

> My current ugly workaround is to define the mount points with "(mount?
> #f)" and mount them via a script post boot, e.g.:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (file-system
>   (device "jami-buildmachine-04:/srv/nfs/jami")
>   (mount-point "/var/cache/jami")
>   (create-mount-point? #t)
>   (type "nfs")
>   (mount? #f)
>   (options "soft,user"))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Yeah, I think I'll just add a shepherd service to my home configuration
that mounts and unmounts my NFS device until this is resolved.

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