atom feed7 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-hackersNFS server not responding prevents boot
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Steven HartlandMay 19, 2006 12:37 am 
Steven HartlandMay 19, 2006 12:47 am 
Mike MeyerMay 19, 2006 2:33 am 
Sergey BabkinMay 19, 2006 11:30 am 
Steven HartlandMay 19, 2006 1:17 pm 
Chuck LeverMay 19, 2006 2:04 pm 
Kip MacyMay 20, 2006 7:57 pm 
Subject:NFS server not responding prevents boot
From:Sergey Babkin (bab@verizon.net)
Date:May 19, 2006 11:30:23 am
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-hackers

From: Steven Hartland <kill@multiplay.co.uk>

Anyway the big question is how can I change all our NFS mounts so that failed mounts dont prevent the machines booting to the point where they can be fixed remotely i.e. have started sshd.

Doh!! spent ages googling for the answer then found it in 2mins of looking through the man pages.

The option for anyone interested is "bg" for -b from the command line to mount: [quote="man mount_nfs"] -b If an initial attempt to contact the server fails, fork off a

I usually use "soft,bg". The "soft" option makes the operations on this filesystem fail if the server is not available instead of hanging (unkillable!) forever and waiting for the server to come up.

-SB