[wellylug] NFS / hardware problems

[Cliff Pratt]

David Murray wrote:
> Hi, y'all.
> 
> I know this ain't strictly a Linux problem, but it's FreeBSD 'nix and so
> I hope somebody here can help with an NFS problem.
> 
> I've recently had a hardware problem which I traced down to a cabling
> problem between a HDD and the motherboard causing data corruption. I've
> replaced all IDE cables with new ones, and the data corruption problem
> seems to have been fixed.
> 
> However, since then I've had no end of hassles with NFS freezing on me,
> leaving the HDD light constantly glowing. The processes seem to be
> alive, but nothing can be sent in or out of the server via NFS, and no
> directories can be mounted on client boxen.
> 
> I've read somewhere that this could be a socket problem. How would I be
> able to find out if this actually is the case?, and if it is, how would
> I fix it?
> 
> In all other respects that computer seems to be working normally.
> 
I'd say that it still sounds like a hardware problem.

Cheers,

Cliff

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