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In article <1991Jun12.183719.16226@phri.nyu.edu> roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu (Roy
Smith) writes:
>
>        We're running AppleShare 2.0.1 on an SE/30 over LocalTalk with a
>variety of clients running 6.0.[567].  Many of the clients have the "mount
>automatically on reboot" boxes checked in the chooser for the server's
>disks.  The problem is that if the server has crashed (which seems to
>happen periodically), the clients just hang when they are rebooted.  If you
>disconnect the client from the network while it reboots, it comes up fine.
>
>        Is there anyway to keep the clients from hanging in the face of a
>crashed server other than isolating them from the network?  The stuff on
>the server is not essential, but it's used commonly enough that it's
>convenient to auto-mount.  Is there some way to specify "try to automount
>on reboot, but timeout after 15 seconds" or some such?
>

Not finding an Appleshare volume on bootup should not cause your client
machines to hang.  There will be a pause as Appleshare on the client machines
makes several attempts to connect to the servers, but the client Appleshare
will give up after a brief time period (10 seconds or so).  A list of your
common cdevs and inits might be enlightening.