Jiang Xiong wrote: > > Hi, there, > > I've tried netboot-0.5.3 for my diskless Linux station. Really exciting. > > Everything is OK, booting from bootrom, contacting bootp server, reading > bootimage, and booting the kernel, except that it halts after echoing > "VFS: Mounted root (nfs filesystem)". > I got into the same problem; I don't have a clue yet. :-( > Another question is that which directories need to be 'hard' copied to the > exported directory for nfs booted station ? Is /dev necessary, or able > to be auto-mounted via /etc/fstab ? > Have you checked the NFS-Root-Client Mini-Howto? It tells you what is needed in the client's root filesystem. It's not very detailed, but it should help. You can find it at: http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/NFS-Root-Client Ben P.S let me know if you have any luck :-)
For requests or suggestions regarding this mailing list archive please write to netboot@gkminix.han.de.