Try using the "soft" option on the client when you mount the filesystem.
mount -o soft host:/home/gerry /mnt/fns Read "man mount" for other options. -Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Gerry Doris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 12:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: NFS Question > > > > Is your client mounting the NFS exports with the "soft" option? > > > > -Steve > > In my /etc/exports file I just have the rw option. After > that I manually > mount the nfs volume by doing: > > mount -t nfs host:/home/gerry /mnt/nfs > > This successfully mounts host:/home/gerry on the mount point > /mnt/nfs. > The problem I'm getting is if I forget and reboot "host" then I can't > umount this volume. Generally I end up having to reboot to > get this to > release. It sure doesn't unmount just by > > umount /mnt/nfs > > There's got to be a more gracefull way of unmounting an nfs > volume if the > server disappears. > > Gerry > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
