why kexec insists on syncing with recent kernels?

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Randy Dunlap schrieb:

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>> Even if you did -f, it must have shutdown the network. I think somehow
>> in latest kernels there is some dependency on network and that's why
>> not shutting down network in this case is helping you.
> 
> I'm seeing NFS mounts take forever to unmount (at shutdown/reboot).
> (forever => 1 hour ... or never completes)
> 
> Is this similar to the problem that the OP is asking about?

Is it a diskless station?

Even in not, just make sure you don't shut the network down before NFS 
is actually unmounted...?


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