Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!ucdavis!schell From: schell@hazel.ucdavis.edu (Stephan Schell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: /etc/umount under HP-UX 7.0 on 9k/835 Message-ID: Date: 15 Aug 90 17:51:18 GMT Sender: usenet@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu Organization: University of California at Davis Lines: 18 Several months ago, I queried this group about /etc/umount'ing an NFS file system when the server in question has gone off the net (e.g., crashed, become severely loaded, started to thrash). In such situations, /etc/umount refuses to unmount the file system in question. One person suggested using /etc/umount -f to "force" the umount operation, but this is clearly preposterous since umount (under HP-UX 7.0 on 9000/835) does not recognize this option. The only fix seems to be to reboot the machine. THIS IS LUDICROUS. If I can ungracefully terminate my relationship with an NFS server via a reboot, why shouldn't I be able to accomplish the same thing using umount and avoid the reboot (which tends to greatly disrupt other users)? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephan Schell schell@llandru.ucdavis.edu Dept. of Electrical Engineering {ucbvax,lll-crg}!ucdavis!llandru!schell & Compter Science University of California, Davis (916) 752-1326