I've tried it again, although this time by pulling out the remote network cable instead of calling "shutdown -h -P now". CIFS takes a lot longer to realize that the remote host is unreachable, and the system does become a little slower, but not to the same degree as the original.
** Attachment added: "dmesg2" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28540034/dmesg2 -- CIFS loops endlessly when remote host is down https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/373999 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
