Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:47:19 +0000 From: Marco Masotti <masotti@mclink.it> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NFS client umount from a not responding server Message-ID: <3636E827.31DFF4F5@mclink.it> References: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810271641240.16538-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White wrote: > Not on a hard mount. :-( You'll have to restore the original server or > reboot the client. > Doug, I don't now whether this is a bug or not, but either NFS clients in a 2.1.7/2.2.5 distribution, when they reboot in such a state of hunging from NFS server not responding, the machine apparently does a shutdown, but no so grafefully: The files systems claims to sync with the usual highlighted message on the console, but then just hangs and the only cure is to power-cycle the box. This is not nice, especially when you need to reboot remotely and then the machine becomes completely unavailable. Thanks -MArco To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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