[Linux-HA] NFS serving on Ubuntu and 2.6

[Héctor Cordobés]

Hi all,

I have been reading the list archives, and spending some long hours 
looking for info on the web, and I am still clueless...

This is my problem: I am setting up a NFS server on Ubuntu, and I face 
the feared "Stale NFS handle" issue. Forwards and backwards, any 
resource relocation makes this failure appear.

I am using nfs-user-server, from Ubuntu 5.04, and a custom 2.6.10 kernel.

I think that sharing /var/lib/nfs is no good for me. In fact there is no 
directory or file on the whole /var directory with "nfs" on it!

The other part on the suggested solutions I read implies adding a fixed 
"fsid" on the export. This makes no diference (I may need some more 
changes to make this work). And an "-n hostname" is something I do not 
know what to add it to, as neither rpc.nfsd nor rpc.mountd offer that 
option...

Most examples I have seen use nfs-kernel-server. What a difference does 
it make?

Any idea, suggestion or guidance is welcome.

Thanks a lot,

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Héctor Cordobés

Platform group
Core Networks Division
Motorola España, SA