> >> Added a paragraph to the documentation about hosting root NFS on > >> non-Linux systems. > > > >Sorry, i cant't find it. Where is it? > > README-4.html (section 4.1). > > The gist of it is if you host the root NFS on a non-Linux system, make > sure the device major/minor numbers are those of Linux, not the host OS. > I.e. don't run the nfsrootinit script on the host OS but perhaps unpack > a cpio archive from a Linux system on the host OS. Otherwise the boot > process will break as soon as it tries to open /dev/console or something > like that. I was not able to mount a proper /dev from DEC-Alpha (DEC-Unix) and DEC-Alpha (Redhat-Linux) machines. The minor numbers were reported correctly, but the major were not. I used a tar.gz archive for the nfs root for the terminals ... Ciao, Dirk =========================================================================== This Mail was sent to netboot mailing list by: Dirk von Suchodoletz <dirk@goe.net> To get help about this list, send a mail with 'help' as the only string in it's body to majordomo@baghira.han.de. If you have problems with this list, send a mail to netboot-owner@baghira.han.de.
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