Messages in this thread | | | From | Michael Nelson <> | Date | Sat, 2 Jan 1999 02:45:44 -0800 (PST) | Subject | Re: Difference between 2.0.36 and 2.2.0pre3 ? |
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Dag Wieers <dag@digibel.be> wrote: -> i got this strange problem while untarring a complete source-tree. -> -> when i untarred it with a 2.0.36-kernel it took about a minute (what was -> normal) but when i tried to untar it on my 2.2.0-pre3 it took +-5 sec for -> just a couple of files... (i was pretty much bored after a minute, it -> would have been busy for an hour or so) and since the difference was this -> big, it must have been IDE, right ? (all 2.2.0 suffered from the same -> 'delay')
snip -> my system is a plain redhat 5.2 with the newer packages as described in -> the Documentation/Changes. if you need more information... ;)
I had the same problem. Someone here pointed out the fix. It has to do with the /etc/nsswitch.conf file, which in Redhat 5.1 and 5.2 assumes you are using NIS. If you're not using NIS, it will cause these hangs. Edit /etc/nsswitch.conf and remove all references to nis and the problem magically disappears.
Michael
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Michael Nelson San Francisco, CA nelson@imat.com
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