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Date:      Sat, 26 Aug 2000 05:20:07 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: docs/20814: mount opt "intr" for nfs mounts undocumented in fstab.5 
Message-ID:  <200008261220.FAA04845@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR docs/20814; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: bmah@cisco.com
Cc: bmah@freebsd.org, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/20814: mount opt "intr" for nfs mounts undocumented in fstab.5 
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 14:15:06 +0200

 On Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:53:37 MST, Bruce A. Mah wrote:
 
 > After reading this (and the mount(8) manpage) very carefully, I've come 
 > to realize that actually specifying "intr" in fstab is in fact *wrong*. 
 > Instead, one should use the "dashed" option, e.g.:
 > 
 > server:/remote/fs	/local/fs	nfs	ro,-i	0	0
 
 Why's it wrong?  What negative impact does it have?  And what difference
 does it make whether one uses intr or -i, given that neither one is a
 standard mount(8) option.  :-)
 
 Ciao,
 Sheldon.
 


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