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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:08:35 -0700
From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To: Roger Merritt <mcrogerm@stjohn.ac.th>
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Subject: Re: NFS Problems
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On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 12:43:08PM +0700, Roger Merritt wrote:
> 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.

See mount_nfs(8) as referenced in the SEE ALSO section of mount(8).
The mount(8) command is just a front-end for the mount_* commands.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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