On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 at 1:15pm, Alan Sparks wrote > Paul Heinlein said: >> On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: >> >>> Is there a "proper" way to put in a pause after network >>> initialization to make sure the network *really* is up? I've had >>> this issue for a while with e1000 cards (even on 100MB networks), >>> where the first NFS mount will fail b/c the network reports up but >>> isn't, really. Now, I'm also seeing the same issue on cluster nodes >>> hooked to a switch with jumbo frames enabled. >>> >> If NFS is the only issue, have you considered using the 'bg' mount >> option? The nfs(5) man page discusses it: > > Good idea if you can survive with the temporary unavailability of the mount. I can, especially since the mounts are still up before the system is done booting. > Just a thought as well... you running a Cisco switch? Some switches > including Cisco are kinda slow to pass traffic after the link initializes > (spanning tree recalculation). You might consider, if appropriate, > enabling fast port switching on that switch port. It's a SMC, but I'll have a look at the settings. Thanks. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University