Why does the NFS mount freeze when mounting from a device with minor number greater than 255 on RHEL 4?
Issue
- NFS mount freezes when mounting from a device with minor number greater than 255
- NFS cannot handle minor number greater than 255 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.4 and earlier
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