On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 05:11:56PM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > > * As you're using SysVinit, everything is script, so update the nbd > initscript to do something like "fping BoxB" in a loop. It's not > pretty, but it will do the job.
It certainly beats my idea of prepending it with "sleep 300", which was my first thought. > > * Consider NFS which seems to be much more resilient to the server > not being there. I have a computer with an NFS root and it happily > ticks along even if I reboot the server (albeit I/O blocks while the > server's down). I ruled out NFS when I set it up, but I can't remember why. It's worth another look. Thanks, -- John