I have seen this before.
The message appears when you start running out of file handles.
First of all, upgrade to a newer kernel. The later kernels have a larger
number of available kernel file handles by default. (The number went from 256
to 1024, if I remember correctly.)
If the problem continues to occur, you will need to add the mega-file handle
patch (Sorry, I do not remember the correct name for it) to the kernel and
rebuild. It is at Alan Cox's web site.
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