Ok, well it seems there is a problem with mmap and mapping files on  
NFS drives under older versions of linux.
So is the server involved linux?

Obviously I can see a 3.8.21 series VM being generated tomorrow...

On 14-Jan-09, at 2:08 AM, Alain Fischer wrote:

> No the system is locked for a long time, after ~20 minutes I have  
> rebooted the machine.
> After the reboot the image size was ~32k.
>
>
> On 13 janv. 09, at 21:45, John M McIntosh wrote:
>
>> Ok, you are saying during the duration of the save, the system locks.
>>
>> But after the save completes and your image is saved to the network  
>> disk, then you get control back?
>>
>> On 13-Jan-09, at 3:33 AM, Alain Fischer wrote:
>>
>>> I have just tried the new Mac OS X VM (Squeak 3.8.20beta1U) and  
>>> have noted that
>>> when saving image located on an nfs mount, all the system is  
>>> blocked probably on a network lock.
>>> When saving image located on a local disk all seem ok.
>>> When using Mac OS X VM (Squeak 3.8.18beta4U) and saving image  
>>> located on an nfs mount, it's ok.
>>>
>>> My system:
>>> - Mac OS X 10.4.11
>>> - Dual 2.3 GHz PowerPC G5
>>>
>>> Best regards.
>>> Alain

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