QNet in 6.2

Hi All,

When we used 6.1 on two machines connected on a LAN, both machines had a
/net directory, which contained the filesystem of the other machine, as a
directory named with that machine’s hostname. However, since installing 6.2
on both machines, the /net directory is no longer present, even though IP
works fine (I can ping each machine from the other, and Voyager works fine
over the whole Internet on both machines).

I gather that QNet generated the /net directory. However, I don’t recall
setting up Qnet on 6.1 to do this, so I assume it was automatic.

Can anyone advice how I enable this /net directory feature on 6.2?

Many thanks,

Neil Carter Psychology Department
IT Technician University of Wales Swansea
Wales, United Kingdom

http://psy.swansea.ac.uk/staff/Carter/

Neil Carter <pstech@swansea.ac.uk> wrote:

Hi All,

When we used 6.1 on two machines connected on a LAN, both machines had a
/net directory, which contained the filesystem of the other machine, as a
directory named with that machine’s hostname. However, since installing 6.2
on both machines, the /net directory is no longer present, even though IP
works fine (I can ping each machine from the other, and Voyager works fine
over the whole Internet on both machines).

I gather that QNet generated the /net directory. However, I don’t recall
setting up Qnet on 6.1 to do this, so I assume it was automatic.

Yup, qnet used to run be default.

With 6.2, qnet isn’t run by default.

Can anyone advice how I enable this /net directory feature on 6.2?

From the docs:

mount -T io-net /lib/dll/npm-qnet.so

-David

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Can anyone advice how I enable this /net directory feature on 6.2?

touch /etc/system/config/useqnet
shutdown

chris


Chris McKillop <cdm@qnx.com> “The faster I go, the behinder I get.”
Software Engineer, QSSL – Lewis Carroll –
http://qnx.wox.org/

Chris McKillop <cdm@qnx.com> wrote:

Can anyone advice how I enable this /net directory feature on 6.2?

CM > touch /etc/system/config/useqnet
CM > shutdown

Is there a single source that lists all of the files that one merely
needs to create to turn on/off certain features?

I now know of several of them but they are not metioned in any one
place.

Steve Reid <stever@qnx.com> wrote:
SR > Bill Caroselli <qtps@earthlink.net> wrote:
SR > : Is there a single source that lists all of the files that one merely
SR > : needs to create to turn on/off certain features?

SR > : I now know of several of them but they are not metioned in any one
SR > : place.

SR > We’re reviving the incomplete System Administration guide. The new book
SR > should cover stuff like this.

Cool!

Could you post your “work in progress” over the work that hasn’t been
in progress for several years?

The on-line System Administrators Guide is now not only incomplete, but
also woefully obsolete now too. Perhaps you could also add a newsgroup
where people can comment on the work in progress. Even though many of
us wouldn’t want to take on the responsibility of writing, say, a whole
chapter, we can all make suggestions like, “Make sure you do/don’t do
this”.

Bill Caroselli <qtps@earthlink.net> wrote:
: Is there a single source that lists all of the files that one merely
: needs to create to turn on/off certain features?

: I now know of several of them but they are not metioned in any one
: place.

We’re reviving the incomplete System Administration guide. The new book
should cover stuff like this.


Steve Reid stever@qnx.com
TechPubs (Technical Publications)
QNX Software Systems

Bill Caroselli <qtps@earthlink.net> wrote:
: Could you post your “work in progress” over the work that hasn’t been
: in progress for several years?

I’ll let the writer comment on that.

: The on-line System Administrators Guide is now not only incomplete, but
: also woefully obsolete now too. Perhaps you could also add a newsgroup
: where people can comment on the work in progress. Even though many of
: us wouldn’t want to take on the responsibility of writing, say, a whole
: chapter, we can all make suggestions like, “Make sure you do/don’t do
: this”.

You can post any comments in qdn.public.sysadmin.


Steve Reid stever@qnx.com
TechPubs (Technical Publications)
QNX Software Systems