Quoth Andrew Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > There is some info about this in the archives a while back I believe. > It's a networking problem IIRC. Try setting the MTU on the client and/or > server to something lower, and/or fiddle with the [rw]size options of the
MTU was the same on all machines, also on the one that worked. I changed it to a lower value but that didn't change anything. > clients to smaller or larger sizes, and like that. And make sure that > all your machines have NFS packages (nfs-common, nfs-kernel-server) > that are up to date with the version of the kernel that you are using. Where can I find out if the versions are ok? I couldn't find anything on the NFS site. I'm using Sarge on the SS5 and on my PC, the SS5 runs with Debian's 2.2.25 kernel, the PC with a 2.6.7 that I compiled myself. > Also check the settings of the controller on the SS5, is it FD, HD and > like that. > > Are you running it UDP or TCP? UDP. But thanks for the hint. I mounted the share with TCP and now it works. At least now I know what to look at. So now I have to see _why_ UDP causes this strange behaviour. Thanks to all for their help. Bye, Michael -- Press any key- no, no, no, NOT THAT ONE!