Re: FIFO problem on ROOT NFS

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 9 Sep 1998 20:36:50 +0100 (BST)


> Now if that file is lying on the NFS, I get an nfs error and the
> process die!

Welcome to stateless file systems

> But if I move it to a physical disk I don't get this error.

Nod

> Is that normal?
> If not I can send you the exact error message and probably some portion
> of the related code.

Dont delete it until you are finished for one. NFS isnt a posix or unix
file system, just a vague impression that works until you look under the
carpet

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