Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 4 Sep 1996 12:11:00 +0800 (WST) | From | Tony Broughton <> | Subject | Re: odd problems umounting nfs filesystems (fwd) |
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Hi
We run a ISP in West Australia, and have been experiencing exactly the same symtoms with umounting the file systems, be interested if anyone has a fix.
Regards
Tony Vianet Communications
On Tue, 3 Sep 1996, Lindsay Haisley wrote:
> "Thus spake David Monro" > > Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 10:42:11 +1000 (EST) > > From: David Monro <davidm@gh.cs.usyd.edu.au> > > > > Hm - I am having strange problems when I reboot my system - umount seems to > > hang when unmounting the nfs mounted filesystems. To take the machine down > > cleanly I have to take it into single user mode and do all the umounts by hand > > - interrupting a hung umount and starting it again seems to do the trick. Often > > I end up with the fs unmounted but still listed in /etc/mtab. Strange. > > > > I know someone else is seeing problems with the automounter not unmounting > > properly - anybody else see the same phenomenon? > > I've seen NFS problems for some time, going clear back to the 1.2.x series. > If I mount my CD-ROM on machine A (where it lives) and then NFS mount it on > machine B, everything works fine. Reversing the process is somewhat more > difficult. Unmounting the NSF mount on machine B goes OK, however > apparently machine A doesn't get the message, since attempting to unmount > the CD-ROM on machine A generally (but not always) results in a "filesystem > busy" (or it may be "device or resource busy") message. Sending a HUP to > mountd always loosens up the stuck state, but sometimes kills mountd as > well. I've kind of accepted it as The Way Things Are, since I don't use the > CD-ROM that often, but it's annoying since the CD-ROM gate won't open while > the filesystem is mounted. My CD-ROM is in an sbpcd module. > > -- > Lindsay Haisley | "Everything works | PGP public key > FMP Computer Services | if you let it" | available via > fmouse@fmp.com | (The Roadie) | Internet finger > http://www.fmp.com | | >
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