Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 08:31:53 -0800 (PST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: soft mounting a file system (nfs) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911080830130.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <rd6d7tlc8bv.fsf@world.std.com>
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On 8 Nov 1999, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> writes: > > > On Mon, 08 Nov 1999 01:30:28 -0400, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > > > > Ahhhhh, that would be it. Which man page should I be looking at for > > > available "fstab" options? Or are the ones listed in mount_nfs under > > > 'deprecated' still available through fstab, just not -o <option>? > > > > The mount_nfs manpage and yes. :-) > > Does that mean my /etc/fstab entry of: > toaster-5:/users /users nfs rw,-s > isn't really doing a soft mount? No, it probably is, however 'intr' mounts are better imo, they let you kill programs that hang on dead NFS mounts. Some people like a combination of soft+intr, that way system programs eventually get an error instead of piling up on a dead mountpoint. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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