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Old 10-17-2006
trouble mounting
What is the possible cause for the mount command to take ages? im trying to mount remotely : "mount -t nfs xx.x.x.x:/export/xyz/cdrom-4.0 /mnt/cdrom" on a system using bash. Im able to ping the remote server, but the system hangs or takes about half an hour to carry out this mount command....
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Old 10-17-2006
trouble mounting
What is the possible cause for the mount command to take ages? im trying to mount remotely : "mount -t nfs xx.x.x.x:/export/xyz/cdrom-4.0 /mnt/cdrom" on a system using bash. Im able to ping the remote server, but the system hangs or takes about half an hour to carry out this mount command....
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Old 10-17-2006
Please do not duplicate or cross-post. I have merged the threads.
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Old 10-17-2006
How far away is the remote server?
What happens if you mount a remote directory vs a remote cd?
Is the cd already mounted or does the remote system need to mount the cd first?

(I haven't used NFS much so I'm basically asking what I think are obvious questions.)

Carl
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Old 10-18-2006
Hi,
the remote server is on the same network..in the same area. And its a remote directory which is being mounted not a cd. The directory only points to the dump taken from a cd...

Sahil
 
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