Check your server logs on the NFS server. I've had a similar problem with a Solaris NFS server. It turns out there was a bug in the NIC driver causing my network connection to randomly lose the cable link.
On 13 Dec 2001 11:18:32 -0500, Lew E. Lefton wrote: > Hi, > > I have been having some problems recently with our NFS setup. My Linux > clients seem to hang for several minutes and I can't figure out what is > causing the problem. I know the "can't get a request slot" and "server not > responding" errors which are appearing in our logs indicate a network > problem due to RPC timeouts, but, the NFS server does not seem to be > overloaded and the NFS mounts to Solaris boxes on the same network are not > having trouble. Our NFS server is running Solaris 8 and the clients are RH > Linux 7.1. I am running 2.4.9-12 kernel and nfs-utils-0.3.1-13, both > from Redhat on the client. > > I have "direct" nfs mounts in /etc/fstab with options > rw,nodev,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,hard,intr,actimeo=10 > > I also have an autofs entry (/home) with options > rw,nodev,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,actimeo=10 > > How can I tell what mount is causing the hang? Any other > troubleshooting suggestions? I am still not able to reproduce the problem > on demand but it is occurring several times a day. > > Thanks in advance for any help. Please reply to me as well as the list. > > Cheers, > Lew Lefton > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Lew Lefton, IT Director | Phone: (404) 385-0052 | > | School of Mathematics | FAX: (404) 894-4409 | > | Georgia Institute of Technology | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | Atlanta, GA 30332-0160 | http://www.math.gatech.edu/~llefton | > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > -- Dean Brissinger -- Systems Administrator, Vexcel Corporation Direct: 303-583-0278 Fax: 303-583-0246 Main: 303-444-0094 4909 Nautilus Ct #133 Boulder, CO 80301 http://www.vexcel.com/
