NFS mount bg option

[Curt Bean]

The NFS background (bg) option does not work as expected at boot time. The man page says that with the bg option set, it the NFS mount fails on the first try, then the NFS mount is put into background and and the boot process is continued.

The fstab setting is:
remote_host.domain:/opt /test nfs rw,suid,bg 0 0

The problem is when the remote_host is down, the boot process stalls for 8 minutes at the NFS client and then stalls for 8 minutes at the NFS server boot scripts.

I have tested the same senario on Solaris and the results were as stated in the man pages.

Thanks in advance for any advice...

Curt Bean

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom Curt,

This is a new option on me,and I've been using NFS for quite a while.

Are you sure its even supported on HP-UX? I guess if the man page says yes, its supported. If so, it may be a bug and require patching. I suggest a look through the patch database.

I think you might be better off with 11i v2 and NFS v4.

SEP

[Curt Bean]

SEP,

Thanks for your quick input. I have checked the patch database and found no mention of this problem.

I been with UNIX since late 1976 and have seen more problems than I care to admit. And I'm sure that this problem will eventually be solved.

So stay tuned...

Curt Bean