i've used autofs for all sorts of things. there are definitely timing issues with certain things where a direct nfs mount works better for. have you considered making a local copy so the data is already mounted, and then autofs just needs to export it?

On May 12, 2011 12:57 AM, "Dazed_75" <lthielster@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is anyone familiar with using autofs for anything other than remote home
> directories. I am trying to get a PXE server to automount a .ISO file to a
> loop device as a result of a PXE client making a request (which is, of
> course, specified in the menu served to the client by the PXE server). I
> seem to get part of it working but not all. I'd like to find someone to sit
> down with on this ... or find some written tutorial more pertinent or better
> than the ones I have found.
>
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