fedora-list Digest, Vol 9, Issue 271

[Mark A. Hoover]

> > Or add nfsvers=2 as one of the mount options for filesystems mounted off 
> > a SunOS server, i.e.
> 
> Tried it, still same problem.  I don't think it is the mount options. 
> Because file system can be mounted just fine.  It is only the problem 
> with very first mount attempt.

It could be your network drivers.  I've found with the BCM5700 based NICs 
that the first so many packets disappear into the ether.  This usually 
results in the first mount not occuring and the later mounts all working 
find just as you describe.