Re: [TCLUG:18571] Lap net

[Tim Sandquist <tsandqui@yahoo.com>]

For NFS mounts anyway you can set them up as soft mounts.
It will look for the server but will time out and let you 
carry on.

It works pretty well on my laptop.

Tim

On Sat, 3 Jun 2000, Philip C Mendelsohn wrote:

> What is the consensus (if any) on the right way to do the following:
> 
> If one has a laptop with an ethernet connection, maybe even some NFS
> mounts, but one wants to disconnect from the umbilical and go for a little
> "extra-vehicular activity", what's the best way to put net services on
> pause so that they don't hang clients or servers, either locally or
> remotely?
> 
> And what if the services running may vary from time to time?
> Known trouble spots?
> 
> I've been doing it manually, and not very elegantly -- once I even
> rebooted, removing the connection once the machine was down.  I'd like to
> avoid this, even though it's pretty foolproof.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Phil M
> 
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