Tim - thanks I have tried upgrading my virtual machine to the 2.6.32-25.43 kernel as you suggested. I now believe I experience the same failure that you observed on bare metal using the maverick 2.6.35 kernel - see the attached dmesg log from my latest test. So it is definitely an improvement of sorts.
** Attachment added: "dmesg2.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/561210/+attachment/1537534/+files/dmesg2.log -- Writing big files to NFS target causes system lock up https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/561210 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
