> No, and Yes.  From my /etc/fstab:
> 
> proven.weird.com:/work  /proven/work    nfs     -b,-i,rw,nodev,nosuid   0 0
> 
> I keep meaning to try soft mounts, especially for $HOME, but I haven't
> got around to it yet (and I'm reluctant to force the kind of failures
> that would help me figure out whether they're any advantage or not ;-).

Greg, could you try remounting that filesystem with out -i (or an 'intr')
and see how your luck goes tonight?  I'd very curious.  I was informed 
that deadlocking was discovered with interruptable mounts.  

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