I am sure this worked once, then I rebooted and now something .... root@negk:/srv/nfs/rpi/root# mount -v -t overlay -o nfs_export=on overlay -olowerdir=img,upperdir=upper,workdir=work merged mount: /srv/nfs/rpi/root/merged: mount(2) system call failed: Stale file handle. # this works: root@negk:/srv/nfs/rpi/root# mount -v -t overlay -o nfs_export=off overlay -olowerdir=img,upperdir=upper,workdir=work merged mount: overlay mounted on /srv/nfs/rpi/root/merged. root@negk:/srv/nfs/rpi/root# umount merged # syslog: [ 80.317697] overlayfs: failed to verify origin (root/img, ino=2374476, err=-116) [ 80.317703] overlayfs: failed to verify upper root origin # no help: systemctl disable nfs-server.service reboot root@negk:/srv/nfs/rpi/root# systemctl status nfs-server.service ● nfs-server.service - NFS server and services Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nfs-server.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) -- Carl K