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david@forcedpotato.com said:
>  - Mount operation mount /dev/nftla2 /mnt/doc causes the shell to
> hang. - Viewing the process "mount" using top shows that it is running
> continuously and using 84% CPU time. - All attempts to kill the mount
> process are futile.

OK, here we can find some clues. _What_ is it doing? Use SysRq-P a few 
times to see where it's looping, look it up in your kernel image. If you 
compile with '-g' you can get gdb to tell you the precise line.

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dwmw2