On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Taylor, ForrestX wrote: >> I think I'm probabbly missing something dumb but I can't for the life of >> me figure out what it is. > >It is trying to get a lock. Try mount -o nolock,wsize=8192,rsize=8192 >server:/dir > >The -o nolock option should keep it from trying to lock it, causing a >10-20 minute timeout. I'm sure this works, because people keep suggesting it, but I'm not sure it's an accurate diagnosis. I worked around this problem by doing the mount in a separate %pre section, with --nochroot. Cheers, Phil