[Linux-HA] NFS serving on Ubuntu and 2.6

[Alan Robertson]

Héctor Cordobés wrote:
> 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?

This sounds like a Debian issue.  Maybe horms can help you?


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