DOCUMENT ID:  1102-02

SYNOPSIS:     Mounting NFS Filesystems

OS RELEASE:   

PRODUCT:      Solaris x86

KEYWORDS:     mount NFS file system server vfstab


DESCRIPTION:

On boot, Solaris chews up clock cycles trying to connect to a downed NFS
server, making it impossible to log in to the system console. 

The default behavior of the 'mount' command on NFS filesystems is to
continue trying until the server responds, and to do this in the
foreground. 


SOLUTION:

Soft-mount the remote filesystem, or put the mount command in the
background.  Soft-mounting can be accomplished by putting the "soft"
option in /etc/vfstab.  This causes the mount command to return an error
if the server does not respond, and not retry.  Background mounting can
be accomplished by putting the "bg" option in /etc/vfstab.  This causes
the mount command to retry connecting to the server until it responds,
but to otherwise continue with normal processing. 


DATE APPROVED: 09/15/95