On 2017-09-18, Matthew Wyneken wrote: > I have now set up a new LTSP server running Debian 9 with a Debian 9 > client. The LTSP version is 5.5.9. I've been surprised at how easy the > process has been, but now I've run into a problem that might be more > difficult to solve. ... > That no longer seems to be possible with 5.5.9. I've been getting NFS > stale file handle messages basically every time I update the chroot, > and the only way to fix this is to reboot the client. This is not an > option for my installation.
It sounds like you've got a better working NFS setup than I managed to get working... In /usr/share/doc/ltsp-server/NEWS.Debian: LTSP defaults to using NBD in both ltsp-build-client and in ltsp-client-core, due to incompatibilities using overlay fs from linux 4.x with NFS as a backend. Another person reported similar issues: https://sourceforge.net/p/ltsp/mailman/message/36038589/ https://bugs.debian.org/875821 It may be possible to switch to aufs by using the aufs-dkms package, as aufs is what was used before stretch. Another option would be fixing the way LTSP mounts using "overlay" fs, as NFS + overlay fs is used by FAI apparently without issue. FAI uses dracut instead of initramfs-tools, so that could be a path of further investigation. live well, vagrant