Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 12:43:08 +0700 From: Roger Merritt <mcrogerm@stjohn.ac.th> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS Problems Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000926124308.008d2590@stjohn.stjohn.ac.th> In-Reply-To: <20000925103803.X9141@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <39CF87B4.925C6C49@unios.dhs.org> <39CF87B4.925C6C49@unios.dhs.org>
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At 10:38 AM 9/25/00 -0700, you wrote: >* Pat Wendorf <beholder@unios.dhs.org> [000925 10:13] wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> I've been using NFS on stable (3.x, 4.x) for a while now, and when it >> works, it seems to be fast and reliable. However, I've noticed that in >> any case where it doesn't work (nfs server goes down, cable gets >> disconnected, weird network card driver issues, etc), the client >> machines seem to get stuck in an nfs-read state limbo of some sort. My >> poor laptop was in this state for about 3 days and the daily run's (find >> in particular) was hung (new hung "find" every day). If I could kill >> these processes off, I probably wouldn't mind, but these processes >> simply do not die (even kill -9), without a reboot. The worst part is, >> while they are hung, I cannot unmount the NFS share (says it's being >> used). The shutdown isn't clean either because it cannot kill them at >> shutdown time. Is this normal behavior, and if so, how do I stop it from >> happening? >> >> If this is something I've misconfigured I can provide hardware and >> config file details on request. >> >> Thanks for any help :) > >You probably want to mount your NFS with the 'intr' and 'soft' >options. > >see the mount_nfs manpage. > >-- >-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] >"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." Thanks for the lead. I suppose there is some reason why these options are not mentioned in mount(8) or fstab(5). I've been looking for this info for quite a long time. -- Roger To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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