>I can think of 2 solutions. One is to add an option to 'mount'. >similar in operation to _netdev, but with the ability to specify an >interface. Not too keen on this one as it affects more than Debian >based distributions. > >Two, add a 'delay_nfsmount' or similar to the startup scripts. This >would have the effect of not calling mountnfs until the last auto >interface is brought up. > >If there is some sensible way to acheive this through the current >if-pre-up.d or if-up.d mechanisms that can be documented, that would >also be acceptable.
The second solution seems to be OK - this is the most compatible way. The first solution opens the posibility, to umount nfs volumes in if-down.d sequence. But this would often hangs, if the affected directory is in use. Soo i think you should realize the second version! Regards Hartmut
