BTW, upgrading to 2.6.9-1.6_FC2smp seems to have fixed our stale NFS Filehandle problem. Hugh -- Hugh Caley | Unix Systems Administrator | CIS AFFYMETRIX, INC. | 6550 Vallejo St. Ste 100 | Emeryville, CA 94608 Tel: 510-428-8537 | Hugh_Caley at affymetrix.com