[PLUG] How to umount NFS hung mouts
Alex Daniloff
alex at daniloff.com
Wed Aug 13 11:23:01 UTC 2003
Hello Terry,
Unfortunately it didn't work, mount command just hung.
Oh, well I should wait till IT guy in CA reboots that damn server.
Thank you anyway.
Alex
>
> I just gave myself an idea. It's a long shot, but try re-mounting
the
> NFS file system using the "remount" option thusly:
>
> mount -oremount,soft /mnt/nfs-share-in-ca
>
> The "remount" option doesn't to a full unmount and mount, so it just
might
> apply the "soft" option to the mount point without getting hung up
trying
> to communicate with the server. If it works, then you might be able
to
> unmount the share outright. Or even if not, it should cause less
trouble
> until the server comes back.
>
> Terry
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