> I disagree. This is probably part of the NFS server, to catch when
> systems are being shut down and cleanly notifying and disconnecting
> clients.
Interesting - thanks for the info. I can understand that behavior in a
shutdown situation. But I'm surprised that unmounting (either cleanly or
uncleanly) one of two exported filesystems triggers the NFS service to
shutdown completely. Is this consistent with other peoples experiences?