> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 02:45:29 -0800
> From: Robert Dobbs <banshee@gabriella.resort.com>
> Sender: owner-current-users@netbsd.org
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> 
> 
> Are there any suggestions for 'nice' nfs settings that don't lock up
> the machine when a server crashes?  Even nqnfs locks solid on the attempt
> to kill the process.  Where to start to fix the code to not be so evil?
> 
> -john
> 

Have you tried mounting with the intr or soft options (e.g. mount -t
nfs -o -i,-s)?  Check out "man mount_nfs" for more details.

David