Hello, On 02-09-2007, "" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Matt, > Ive applied the patch but the problem persists. NFS server shares > /mnt/backup located on external usb hdd. if a NFS client mounts > /mnt/backup, and then /mnt/backup becomes unavailable, ie. the fs on the > backup drive is umounted, all processes that try to use /mnt/backup on the > client get stuck. also programs like df get stuck too, although trying to > cd into the directory is not permitted (says about nfs mount being stale)
I think it's normal behaviour: see mount_nfs(8) and look for '-i' and '-s' flags. BR, -- Francis
