Re: [iPAQ] 'Stale NFS handles' with chrooted, NFS-mounted Intimate

On 8 May, Gregor Hoffleit wrote:
> I'm trying to set up an environment where I can actually compile some
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> for this NFS solution. Instead, I'm booting Familiar, and then chrooting
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> But, when I "apt-get source" some stuff, I'm constantly running into
> problems with stale NFS file handle: Even dpkg-source fails, appearently
> when trying to apply the diff to the source tree.

you'd get this if the ipaq is sleeping and dropping the connection.
when it wakes up, the file handles might not be valid anymore.

you can also, check nfstat on the desktop and see why the file handles
are getting lost. it may just be a slow network. man 5 nfs will give
you some info on tuning.

hth,
...dave

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