[OpenIndiana-discuss] vfstab and nfs

[Gordon Ross]

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Oscar del Rio <delrio at mie.utoronto.ca> wrote:
> On 11/28/11 04:38 PM, Gordon Ross wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Gabriele Bulfon<gbulfon at sonicle.com>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi, I tried enabling the nfs/client service, but actually it just goes
>>> offline, and it doesn't mount on reboot,
>>> keeping the nfs/client service in offline state.
>>> I checked both /var/adm/messages and in /var/svc/log/ , but found nothing
>>> about any possible error.
>>> Still, I can mount manually just by doing mount /sources
>>> Any idea?
>>> Gabriele.
>>
>> I suspect that the nfs/client services are off-line at the time mountall
>> runs.
>>
>> File an issue, if you like.  ( And perhaps fix it too! :)
>
> or use the automounter for nfs instead of vfstab  :)

Or add the "bg" (background) option to the NFS mount in vfstab.
(Forgot about that work-around when I responded earlier.)