# Ferret 'File Not Found' error with DRB

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-file-not-found-error-with-drb/143084>\
**Category:** Ferret\
**Created:** [July 15, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-file-not-found-error-with-drb/143084 "2008-07-15T01:59:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![gaudimila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/87869e/32.png) [@gaudimila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gaudimila)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-file-not-found-error-with-drb/143084/1 "2008-07-15T01:59:01Z")

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We’ve installed Ferret and DRB Server for the first time, for Rails,  
along with acts\_as\_ferret, and for a couple of weeks in development we  
got no errors, but now we’re starting to see an error like this:

File Not Found Error occured:  
tried to open “/[app\_name]/[model]\_8e\_0.del” but it doesn’t exist:

The error appears random – e.g. we can do a POST to update a document  
and it will fail, then (Reload and) fail again, and then on the third  
try with the exact same operation, it works.

One poster says this error occurs when one is NOT using DRB server. (So  
this makes me wonder – perhaps somehow DRB is getting bypassed – like  
we think DRB is doing what it’s supposed to but we’ve overlooked a  
critical config line?) Or has anyone got any other explanation for  
this?