[rescue] nfs trouble

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 11:32:28PM -0500, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
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Forgot to mention, nothing shows up in /var/log/messages

Also, historically, once a nfs export was mounted, it would usually 
continue to mount properly till the next server boot.  However, recently, 
I've been having trouble with NFS seeming to halt (like 5 minutes nothing 
that was using files over NFS would respond, then it would work fine 
again).  The only thing that changed right before this started occuring 
was that I switched a hub for my 3com lanplex.  I wouldn't expect these 
results unless the lanplex is seriously defective though.  No error lights 
are lit up though.  The run like blinks cheerfully.

Ping doesn't  show packet loss.  Is there some better way to test for 
network problems.   I did rearrange some network cables at the same time, 
don't know if one of them could have decided to be damaged now.  The 
server doesn't show any signs of internal hardware damage (ie, no log 
entries, telnet, htt, ftp, et work fine, even when NFS is acting up), but 
to much stil works correctly to seriously think that the network is the 
problem.

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Joshua D. Boyd