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Re: [RFC] Is that error mapping correct?
> > $ cat //foo/bar/baz
> > cat: //foo/bar/baz: No such device or address
> >
> >seems somewhat strange. Have I missed something, perhaps?
>
> I don't know. Is there some UNIX equivalent that we could use for
> testing? It is nice to differentiate between a non-existent file and a
> non-existent host but I agree that the current error doesn't make much
> sense.
I unplugged my SGI's ethernet cable and tried to access a file on it
from Linux (via nfs) and got EIO - "Input/output error". I'm not sure
if this is the same situation, though.