[ILUG] Suse init scripts

[Brian O'Mahony]

CP

Clearcase runs at S14. Ive been trying running the mount at S13 and S20. However for some strange reason SUSE doesn't bother even calling it if it is manually created. So I added the LSB info:
#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:        mountVOBS
# Required-Start: $ALL
# Should-Start: 
# Required-Stop:
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start:  3 
# Default-Stop:
# Description:    Remote Mounting of VOBs
### END INIT INFO

This then creates the rc3.d/S20mountvobs link. HOWEVER that being said, even though it is at S20, it still happens straight away when runlevel 3 is initiated as one of the first things.

I have since changed "# Required-Start: $ALL" to:
# Required-Start: $network $remote_fs

It is now being created as S11 and is also running before the S14 clearcase init. I think basically what caught me was that even though insserv had created the S20 link, it was still running at S01 or so. Why? I have no clue.

In regards to using the _netdev option, there are other things happening right after the mount that I wanted to take place, before clearcase loaded.

Thanks 

B


-----Original Message-----
From: ilug-bounces at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-bounces at linux.ie] On Behalf Of CP Hennessy
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 11:53 AM
To: ilug at linux.ie
Subject: Re: [ILUG] Suse init scripts

So clearcase starts after the network is up ?
Have a look at your /etc/init.d/rc.<runlevel>.d/ directory and make sure that 
the network starts before clearcase. Then make sure that your mount happens 
between these 2. As I'm sure in most distros you can change the numbering on 
these scripts by doing an "mv" to get the exact ordering you want.

CPH

On Friday 08 October 2010 11:23:15 Brian O'Mahony wrote:
> I could be wrong, but I remember when I was setting this up on solaris,
> that netdev loads the remote filesystems as pretty close to the end of the
> init phase. These disks need to be mounted at a certain point, as
> clearcase needs them to be live before it starts mounting it VOBs. Hence
> using init.
> 
> Ill go try netdev and see the outcome.
> 
> B
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Lyda [mailto:kevin at ie.suberic.net]
> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 10:55 AM
> To: Brian O'Mahony
> Cc: ilug at linux.ie
> Subject: Re: [ILUG] Suse init scripts
> 
> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:27, Brian O'Mahony
> 
> <brian.omahony at curamsoftware.com> wrote:
> > Ok I don't use Suse a whole lot, generally being Debian or RedHat myself.
> > I posted this on linuxforums.org. 60 views, no responses. Thought I
> > might try here:
> > 
> > So ive got a Suse server up and running. It is connecting to a clearcase
> > server, so i want to mount the remote filesystem as part of startup, as
> > this is generally rebooted when im not around.
> > 
> > I would normally add something to /etc/init.d and put the shortcut to it
> > in the appropriate runlevel (in this case 3). Tried that. Didnt work.
> 
> I don't follow your reasoning.  You have a remote fs you want to mount
> therefore you write an init script - that doesn't follow.  If you want
> an fs mounted, put it in /etc/fstab.  That's what it's there for.
> Alternatively you can use autofs.  Either make more sense than an init
> script.
> 
> For nfs you'll want to use the bg option (and possibly others).

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