Re: Root nfs

[Robert Siemer <Robert.Siemer@gmx.de>]

Hi!

From: August Hörandl <hoerandl@elina.htlw1.ac.at>

> (copyied from the NFS-Root Howto)
> If the workstation will be booted without kernel parameters, you need
> also to set the root device to 0:255. Do this by creating a dummy
> device file with
>   mknod /dev/nfsroot b 0 255
> After having created such a device file, you can set root device of the
> kernel image with
>   rdev <kernel-image> /dev/nfsroot.

Incorrect. I never did this with etherboot and netboot. And: the
kernel will be called with parameters and you can adjust
kernel-behavior with mknbi-linux, I think.

Ciao,
	Rob

PS: To enable root-nfs with 2.0.36, dont forget to build in the
nic-driver (no module). I can tell you exactly how to enable root-nfs
with 2.0.34 - I have no 2.0.36 around... (look also for "ROOT-NFS")
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