if no NFS server clients are waiting..

[Chan Chung Hang Christopher]

Michael Casey wrote:
> What can I do, If the NFS server is rebooting/offline?
> I mean the clients just wait and wait and wait...
>
> I tried to set
>
> timeo=5,retrans=2
>
> mount options when mounting nfs in fstab on client side =
> still no luck, clients are just waiting...
> Can I set a timeout somewhere? :D
>
> Thank you for any tips
>
>   

Take a look at whether you want to mount soft.

http://www.faqs.org/docs/linux_network/x-087-2-nfs.mountd.html
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.prftungd/doc/prftungd/perf_impl_hard_soft_nfs_mounts.htm