On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 15:44 +0100, Dan Track wrote:
Hi
I'm getting a constant problem where when I boot up a server that is moutning the /opt/logs dir from another server, the booting server hangs when the nfs server doesn't repond. Could you please give me an idea what options or setups I could use to get teh booting server to boot up and not hang on the nfs mount section?
Thanks Dan
I use the soft,intr options on my nfs mounts. To me the best way is not to mount the directory unless you need to. I use autofs to do the mounts for me. That way, when I need to mount the nfs directory, it will automatically mount and unmount the directory. This works whenever I reference the directory, e.g., ls /opt/log. this will cause a mount. I also have a 60 second timeout, so that if I do not use the mount, it will unmount the directory automatically.