> > > Also what network adapter do you use ?
> >
> > tulip.
> >
> > My point here is that an out of the box system performing normal operations
> > on an uncongested network should not lock up printing out obscure error
> > messages. I knew it was ENOBUFS.
> 
> I know this is a stab in the dark, but could it relate to the 8k/32k 
> blocksize thing that was changed back to 8k recently?  Of course it could be 
> tiredness giving me these strange ideas :)

No. This has been going on for two years.