* Pat Wendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000925 10:13] wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I've been using NFS on stable (3.x, 4.x) for a while now, and when it
> works, it seems to be fast and reliable. However, I've noticed that in
> any case where it doesn't work (nfs server goes down, cable gets
> disconnected, weird network card driver issues, etc), the client
> machines seem to get stuck in an nfs-read state limbo of some sort. My
> poor laptop was in this state for about 3 days and the daily run's (find
> in particular) was hung (new hung "find" every day). If I could kill
> these processes off, I probably wouldn't mind, but these processes
> simply do not die (even kill -9), without a reboot. The worst part is,
> while they are hung, I cannot unmount the NFS share (says it's being
> used). The shutdown isn't clean either because it cannot kill them at
> shutdown time. Is this normal behavior, and if so, how do I stop it from
> happening?
>
> If this is something I've misconfigured I can provide hardware and
> config file details on request.
>
> Thanks for any help :)
You probably want to mount your NFS with the 'intr' and 'soft'
options.
see the mount_nfs manpage.
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