Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Problem when using a nfs mounted filesystem. | From | Trond Myklebust <> | Date | 22 Nov 2001 13:17:26 +0100 |
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>>>>> " " == Stephane Brossier <stephane.brossier@sun.com> writes:
> [root@localhost mnt]# mount -t nfs -o "hard,intr,nodev,nosuid" > hats105:/export1 /mnt/export1
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> Everything seems OK for a while since I can access any > directory/file under /mnt/export1. Suddenly, after a few > minutes, I cannot access anymore this file system. All my > programs which where using these filesystems are frozen and I > they dont even receive any signals. I cannot umount this > filesystem neither. I checked the nfs server is still up and > running so the problem seems to come from the client side.
Usually, when this happens, it is due to some problem in the networking driver. A tcpdump should show what is happening when the filesystem hangs.
Please also - check the connection between the client and server. In particular switch settings. - Check if reducing r/wsize helps.
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