On 10/06/2013 12:34, Tanstaafl wrote: > Sorry, that wasn't much of a problem description... > > I have a system that I often manually mount and unmount some NFS mounts... > > If I try to do a reboot or shutdown of the system while one of these NFS > mounts is mounted, it hangs with the last thing showing on the screen as > "Unmounting /var..." > > I've let it sit there for at least half an hour, maybe more, so I don't > think it would ever continue... > > If I remember to manually unmount the NFS mount before initiating the > reboot/shutdown, it doesn't hang. > > I'm guessing that it hangs at /var because it is the last mountpoint > defined in my /etc/fstab? > > So... any pointers on where to look for a resolution would be appreciated. > > Resolution being, if I can manually unmount it fine, why can't the > system auto-unmount it?
Let's get some facts to work with can you post your fstab, rc-update show, /etc/exports on the NFS server and the mount options used for the NFS mounts? > > Thanks, > > Charles > > On 2013-06-09 4:23 PM, Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Ok, now would like to investigate this to see why this is causing my >> shutdowns/reboots to hang with the last thing on the screen being >> 'unmounting /var...' >> >> Anyone got any idea where to look? I sure don't... >> >> I see a googling session in my near future, but any pointers that may >> help expedite this would be appreciated... >> >> Thanks! >> > > -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
