Same problem here, check this out... I got this after a system crash on debian lenny; after which i've reinstalled the root partition but kept /home (which is on a different partition).
fsck.ext3 says that /home is clean...
igi:~$ ls -l
ls: cannot access bin: Stale NFS file handle
ls: cannot access PICTURES_nortel_tmp: Stale NFS file handle
total 78568
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? bin
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? PICTURES_nortel_tmp
drwxr-xr-x 2 penguin penguin 4096 2008-11-22 23:06 TESTATICA
-rw-r--r-- 1 penguin penguin 31395624 2008-12-03 16:25 test.avi
-rw-r--r-- 1 penguin penguin 14698436 2008-12-04 15:36 test_divx_mp3.avi
-rw-r----- 1 penguin penguin 4240419 2008-11-19 22:43 toolsdev.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r-- 1 penguin penguin 5366 2008-10-19 13:29 tourpart7.html
drwxr-xr-x 10 penguin penguin 12288 2008-12-04 23:25 UNIX_HELP
Notice the weired directories with: d?????????
These dirs give me the: "Stale NFS file handle" error
igi:~$ rm -rf PICTURES_nortel_tmp
rm: cannot remove `PICTURES_nortel_tmp': Stale NFS file handle
Can't remove them or "ls -l" them or anything else (neither as root or when booted from a live distro, etc...)
Any insight on solving this issue (other than salvaging whats left on the /home partition and then recreating a new partition and or the file system) would be appreciated
Solved it:
Even though the first time i did fsck.ext3 on the home partition.... it
said it was clean but then when i tried with "force"... it found a bunch
of "problems". after fsck finished (and i had to press "y" <yes>
a few hundred times... it got rid (deleted the weired directories with:
"Stale NFS file handle")
umount /dev/hde
fsck.ext -f /dev/hde
REFERENCES
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/cant-get-rid-of-stale-nfs-file-handle-684475/
fsck.ext3 says that /home is clean...
igi:~$ ls -l
ls: cannot access bin: Stale NFS file handle
ls: cannot access PICTURES_nortel_tmp: Stale NFS file handle
total 78568
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? bin
d????????? ? ? ? ? ? PICTURES_nortel_tmp
drwxr-xr-x 2 penguin penguin 4096 2008-11-22 23:06 TESTATICA
-rw-r--r-- 1 penguin penguin 31395624 2008-12-03 16:25 test.avi
-rw-r--r-- 1 penguin penguin 14698436 2008-12-04 15:36 test_divx_mp3.avi
-rw-r----- 1 penguin penguin 4240419 2008-11-19 22:43 toolsdev.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r-- 1 penguin penguin 5366 2008-10-19 13:29 tourpart7.html
drwxr-xr-x 10 penguin penguin 12288 2008-12-04 23:25 UNIX_HELP
Notice the weired directories with: d?????????
These dirs give me the: "Stale NFS file handle" error
igi:~$ rm -rf PICTURES_nortel_tmp
rm: cannot remove `PICTURES_nortel_tmp': Stale NFS file handle
Can't remove them or "ls -l" them or anything else (neither as root or when booted from a live distro, etc...)
Any insight on solving this issue (other than salvaging whats left on the /home partition and then recreating a new partition and or the file system) would be appreciated
Solved it:
Even though the first time i did fsck.ext3 on the home partition.... it
said it was clean but then when i tried with "force"... it found a bunch
of "problems". after fsck finished (and i had to press "y" <yes>
a few hundred times... it got rid (deleted the weired directories with:
"Stale NFS file handle")
umount /dev/hde
fsck.ext -f /dev/hde
REFERENCES
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/cant-get-rid-of-stale-nfs-file-handle-684475/
