> [ 1764.189975] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready > [ 1765.212110] IP-Config: Complete: > [ 1765.212180] device=eth0, addr=137.226.167.242, mask=255.255.255.224, > gw=137.226.167.225, > [ 1765.212383] host=137.226.167.242, domain=, nis-domain=(none), > [ 1765.212498] bootserver=255.255.255.255, rootserver=137.226.167.241, > rootpath= > [ 1765.212943] VFS: 1. attempt to mount root fs via NFS. > [ 1765.212992] Root-NFS: nfsroot=/srv/nfs/cluster2 > [ 1765.213265] NFS: nfs mount opts='udp,nolock,addr=137.226.167.241' > [ 1765.213315] NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'udp' > [ 1765.213353] NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'nolock' > [ 1765.213399] NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'addr=137.226.167.241' > [ 1765.213467] NFS: MNTPATH: '/srv/nfs/cluster2' > [ 1765.213501] NFS: sending MNT request for 137.226.167.241:/srv/nfs/cluster2 > [ 1766.298480] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: > Rx > [ 1766.318949] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready > [ 1800.284325] NFS: failed to create MNT RPC client, status=-60 > [ 1800.284435] NFS: unable to mount server 137.226.167.241, error -60 > [ 1800.284571] VFS: 2. attempt to mount root fs via NFS. > [ 1800.284682] Root-NFS: nfsroot=/srv/nfs/cluster2 > [ 1800.285051] NFS: nfs mount > opts='udp,nolock,addr=137.226.167.241,nolock,addr=137.226.167.241' > [ 1800.285167] NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'udp' > [ 1800.285233] NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'nolock' > [ 1800.285337] NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'addr=137.226.167.241' > [ 1800.285455] NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'nolock' > [ 1800.285531] NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'addr=137.226.167.241' Chuck, I've seen that it's wrong to wrap mount_nfs_root() with while() because then we get a multiple occurrence of some mount options. Hence I've edited mount_nfs_root() itself so that the options will be set only once. Maybe that's better? --- linux-2.6.39.4/init/do_mounts.c 2011-08-03 21:43:28.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.39.4-fix/init/do_mounts.c 2011-11-13 23:05:13.000000000 +0100 @@ -363,12 +363,18 @@ static int __init mount_nfs_root(void) { char *root_dev, *root_data; + char attempt; if (nfs_root_data(&root_dev, &root_data) != 0) return 0; - if (do_mount_root(root_dev, "nfs", root_mountflags, root_data) != 0) - return 0; - return 1; + + for(attempt = 1; attempt <= 3; attempt++) { + printk(KERN_INFO "VFS: %d. attempt to mount root fs via NFS.\n", attempt); + if (do_mount_root(root_dev, "nfs", root_mountflags, root_data) == 0) + return 1; + } + + return 0; } #endif -- Regards, Lukas PS: That's the new behaviour: [ 4416.829621] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 4417.851657] IP-Config: Complete: [ 4417.851729] device=eth0, addr=137.226.167.242, mask=255.255.255.224, gw=137.226.167.225, [ 4417.851931] host=137.226.167.242, domain=, nis-domain=(none), [ 4417.852045] bootserver=255.255.255.255, rootserver=137.226.167.241, rootpath= [ 4417.852493] Root-NFS: nfsroot=/srv/nfs/cluster2 [ 4417.852539] VFS: 1. attempt to mount root fs via NFS. [ 4417.852814] NFS: nfs mount opts='udp,nolock,addr=137.226.167.241' [ 4417.852893] NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'udp' [ 4417.852930] NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'nolock' [ 4417.852977] NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'addr=137.226.167.241' [ 4417.853073] NFS: MNTPATH: '/srv/nfs/cluster2' [ 4417.853137] NFS: sending MNT request for 137.226.167.241:/srv/nfs/cluster2 [ 4418.933894] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx [ 4418.954252] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready [ 4452.967331] NFS: failed to create MNT RPC client, status=-60 [ 4452.967441] NFS: unable to mount server 137.226.167.241, error -60 [ 4452.967577] VFS: 2. attempt to mount root fs via NFS. [ 4452.967978] NFS: nfs mount opts='udp,nolock,addr=137.226.167.241' [ 4452.968085] NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'udp' [ 4452.968150] NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'nolock' [ 4452.968197] NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'addr=137.226.167.241' [ 4452.968333] NFS: MNTPATH: '/srv/nfs/cluster2' [ 4452.968397] NFS: sending MNT request for 137.226.167.241:/srv/nfs/cluster2 [ 4452.974480] NFS: received 1 auth flavors [ 4452.974543] NFS: auth flavor[0]: 1 [ 4452.974723] NFS: MNT request succeeded [ 4452.974785] NFS: using auth flavor 1 [ 4452.979498] VFS: Mounted root (nfs filesystem) on device 0:13. INIT: version 2.88 booting -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html