Why does the NFS mount freeze when mounting from a device with minor number greater than 255 on RHEL 4?

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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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