Re: NFS

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

jmarin%embedtronics.fi@localhost (Jukka Marin) writes:

>Sure, if the network dies, you will no longer be able to access the remote
>disks, but you should still be able to kill off the processes trying to
>do so.

That usually depends on wether the mount is 'interruptible'.

> You should still be able to unmount the remote disk (you may lose
>some unwritten data, sure).

That doesn't work on almost every UNIX system.

>And you should still be able to shutdown and
>reboot the client system.

True.

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