Also Sprach Sam Azer <sam azertech com>: > >Mount the NFS filesystems with the "hard" and "intr" options, or else use > "soft". > > Thanks, Gordon. I didn't know about the Soft option - it will come in handy. > > Any ideas on how to get rid of the dead tasks would be appreciated. It's not > terribly urgent - the system will be rebooted in a few days anyway; I'd just > like to know what to do for future reference. I've heard Very Bad Things about using the 'soft' option with NFS mounts. It was something to the effect of Alan Cox saying, "use the 'soft' option only if you don't care about your data". Apparently, it's very corruption-prone. Wil -- W. Reilly Cooley wcooley nakedape cc Naked Ape Consulting http://nakedape.cc irc.linux.com #orlug,#pdxlug,#lnxs H. L. Mencken's Law: Those who can -- do. Those who can't -- teach. Martin's Extension: Those who cannot teach -- administrate.
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