Re: Installer problem (resolved, sort of)
On Fri, 31 May 2002, Carlos O'Donell Jr. wrote:
> Try a simpler/different test case:
>
> - Use debootstrap with arch options to make a filesystem on server.
> - Build all the required drivers into the kernel.
> - Use the NFSROOT=x.x.x.x Option with no directory
> = This forces the server to mount the default directory
> specified in './linux/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c'
> = Make sure the bootstrap filesystem is at this directory.
>
> Simpler or different? You be the judge ;)
This worked out to be the easiest option, with a few glitches that I
thought I'd share for postarity.
The debootstrap program neglects to make a (proper) fstab. Without this,
the root fs is never remounted rw.
Also, for me at least, I needed to add "ip=bootp" to the kernel command
line.
When the box boots, you need to login as root (no password) and run
base-config. The /etc/network/interfaces needs to be set up (don't know
if there is a script for this) as well as /etc/resolv.conf. Something
somewhere (probably debootstrap) set up resolv.conf for me. Nice! The
system was then very well configured, and I set up /etc/apt/sources.list
and installed other useful packages (just cant live without vim :). I
noticed no real delays in the system.
Perhaps someone who knows something about the installer boot-floppies
stuff could look at making an NFS install functional?
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-- Roger von Oech
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