Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 16:52:48 -0800 From: richard childers / kg6hac <fscked@pacbell.net> To: lewiz <purple@lewiz.info> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Working around problems when an NFS server dies / is unavailable. Message-ID: <3E1781E0.20D76CB8@pacbell.net> References: <20030105001254.GA48290@lewiz.org>
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I seem to recall a 'nomount' option in fstab(5), the manual page that describes the contents of the /etc/fstab ('filesystem table') file. That plus amd(8) should, in theory, get you a relatively stateless NFS connection. Personally, I don't trust amd(8). It's not clear to me that it's any smarter than I am regarding hung NFS file servers. I've had some success using 'umount -f' to forcibly umount NFS filesystems, from the client side, in the past. However, NFS, while stateless in intent, is really not a good infrastructural element for a plug-and-play network. Plugging in is easy; unplugging may require an explicit shutdown to properly deallocate resources. Hope this is helpful ... -- richard lewiz wrote: > Hi, > > Anybody know about using NFS with laptops. I want to be able to pick > up and go with my laptop -- problem is I seem unable to umount any NFS > filesystems when the NFS server is unavailable. > > The problem is -- I can't run many regular utilities like df without > it getting stuck when the NFS mount is unavailable. I've tried the soft > option but that doesn't seem to make any difference. Anybody with any > good ideas on how best to cope with this situation? > > -lewiz. > > -- > There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. > -- Henry Kissinger > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --|| url: http://lewiz.info/ | http://www.westwood.karoo.net/pgpkey ||-- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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