https://s3pia.net/ Recent content on borg storage engineer blog Hugo en-us Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:14:43 +0100 https://s3pia.net/posts/nfs-v2-conspiracy/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:14:43 +0100 https://s3pia.net/posts/nfs-v2-conspiracy/ <p>How the modern kernel cabal buried a protocol and one brave soul fought back.</p> <p>In the shadowy underbelly of the tech world, a silent coup is underway—led by the faceless overlords of the &ldquo;Modern Kernel Cabal&rdquo;, a brotherhood of kernel maintainers and corporate suits (of course!) who whisper in dark corners of data centers: <strong>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t use NFS v2&hellip;&rdquo;</strong>. That old-school file-sharing protocol from the &rsquo;80s? Too free, too simple, too dangerous for their new world order of shiny v4 mandates and locked-down security theater. They buried it deep in code tombs, forcing truth-seekers to claw through OS hell to revive it! This is the tale of one brave soul&rsquo;s epic battle against the machine — a conspiracy driven odyssey to resurrect NFS v2 and mount an IRIX 6.5.22 share from a modern Ubuntu 24.04 server! Buckle up — it&rsquo;s a wild ride of failed compiles, VM voodoo, Docker disasters, and one very stubborn <strong>SGI</strong> workstation.</p> https://s3pia.net/about/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://s3pia.net/about/ <p>Pawel S.</p> <p>just a borg.</p>