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Re: NFS disconnects



 Thanks.  I will look into that. 

I have a related question: 

Does NFS have a limit on how big the partitions can be? Can I have an   
entire 750 GB drive exported as one partition?  I realize that's large   
but should be possible but the question is can NFS handle it currently? 


On Jul 14, 2008, at 10:32 PM, Jon Hermansen wrote: 

> Wireshark can help you diagnose it (from the server or the client,   
> client is probably best in your situation assuming it is a CLIENT   
> incompatibility and not an issue on the server), assuming you're   
> willing to do some research. You can run it on Linux and OS X. 
> 
> Also try looking through the server/client logs. 
> 
> Also see this: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031028005216891
> "10.3: NFS-located home folders may cause locking problems " 
> 
> When you look through the server log, look for a string that says:   
> "lockd: bad cookie size 20 (only cookies under 8 bytes are   
> supported.)" 
> https://wiki.brandeis.edu/twiki/bin/view/Bio/  
> NfsOsX#NFS_Locking_in_Panther 
> 
> Lastly, here's a patch for a 2.4 kernel where someone attempted to   
> make locking work for OS X clients. 
> http://client.linux-nfs.org/Linux-2.4.x/2.4.23-rc1/linux-2.4.23-03-fix_osx.dif
> 
> Found via this page: http://client.linux-nfs.org/Linux-2.4.x/2.4.23-rc1/


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