I _think_ you need to do a "soft" NFS mount instead of a "hard" mount.
Try http://www.faqs.org/docs/linux_network/x-087-2-nfs.mountd.html Look at the "soft" option. The "hard" option is the default. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Applications & Solutions Team This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. > -----Original Message----- > From: Betsie Spann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 12:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: nfs hangs on NetApp NAS device > > > My RH AS 3.0 system frequently hangs with the message "nfs: > server pafiler not responding" > It's a NetApp NAS device that is ro nfs mounted by the entire > universe here. My Linux guest frequently waits on it. Then > it has to be rebooted. Network restarts hang on the server also. > I am using NFS vers 3 with a timeo value of 40 and > rsize/wsize of 8192 using UDP. I'm going to try the tcp > option next. > Any suggestions or known problems, please? > Betsie >
