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Re: NFS hangs??



* Alvin Oga <aoga@Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com> [20030315 18:22 PST]:
> 
> hi ya
> 
> On Sat, 15 Mar 2003, sean finney wrote:
> 
> > hi -users,
> > 
> > i'm running with two unstable boxes, one as an nfs client and
> > the other as a server.  when i try and connect from a client,
> > it hangs indefinitely, and not only that, doesn't respond to
> > backgrounding with ^Z or die with ^C.  not surprisingly, it
> > also does not respond to any signal delivered via kill.
> 
> .. 
> > exports on the server:
> > 
> > /usr/local/music        192.168.0.0/24(ro,sync)
> 
> (ro,soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192)  might be better

I agree with 'intr', but not 'soft'.  Using soft NFS mounts can lead to
silent, undetected data corruption, and with 'intr', there's really no
reason you'd need it anyway.  IMO, soft should never be used; use
hard,intr instead.

good times,
Vineet
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