the infamous NFS server not responding still trying

[Roberto Martinez_2]

Hi, I've got the famous and infamous "NFS server xxx not responding still trying" error on my hpux 11.00 box.

I have NO NFS configuration, i've set to "0" every keyword in /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf (NFS_SERVER, NFS_CLIENT, AUTOMOUNT), I have no pfsd daemons running, and a "ps -ef | grep nfs" just yields "nfskd".

WHY does the system keep on trying to mount the cdrom by nfs (/etc/mnttab contain this line:
server:/cdrom /cdrom nfs ro,nointr,retrans=3,timeo=7,wsize=2048 0 0 1074508533),
and bdf hangs with the infamous "NFS Server..."

I have installed the patches to avoid pfsd, and rebooted several times. After rebooting, everything works ok for a few minutes, then "something" tries to nfs-mount /cdrom...

What am I forgetting? TIA.

[Elmar P. Kolkman]

Very strange. Have you checked /etc/fstab and your start scripts for doing something strange?
Also, checkout files in /etc/rc.config.d. Sometimes there is a copy of the file overriding the values in the real file. For example, if you have a nfsconf but also a nfsconf.old, the values in nfsconf.old are also read, overriding in some cases the values in nfsconf!

[Roberto Martinez_2]

I've renamed all the pfs* files in /etc, bounced the machine... it solved the problem.

Anyway, thanks.

[Ravi_8]

Hi

entry in /etc/mnttab shows that /cdrom is an NFS mount
(server:/cdrom /cdrom nfs ...)

comment that entry in /etc/mnttab and reboot

[Mic V.]

Someone/cron doing:
- swinstall?
- mount -a?
- their own pfs_*?
- some other program/application with root that could be mounting things?

Just $.02.

Mic

[Steven E. Protter]

someone must be running pfs_mount

Try the script i'm attaching as an alternative for oracle installs.

SEP

[Todd McDaniel_1]

I would look for something in your:

/etc/inittab for something that is respawning.

Also, look for any cron jobs that run from a users' cron.

There may also be another startup script that is running at system boot which tries to mount the CD drive.