automounter on RS/6000

[jxt at ornl.gov]

In article <1991Jan19.064928.5566 at arnor.uucp> wlm at arnor.uucp writes:
>I would advise running amd (available via anonymous ftp from usc.edu)
>rather than the supplied automounter which is a port of the Sun one.
>Amd is superior, and runs well on the rs6k.

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but could someone please explain to me just
what is the advantage of using automounter at all? Why is it superior to must
permanently mounting all remote NFS file systems at boot time and leaving them
there?

Thanks,
Johnny Tolliver (jxt at ornl.gov)