Re: Can't mount CIFS
Hello,
This is the first entry in my life.cfg:
> label live
> menu label Live
> kernel debian-live/i386/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-486
> append initrd=debian-live/i386/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-486 boot=live union=aufs netboot=cifs nfsroot=//192.168.1.1/bootimage/
Thanks,
~Juergen
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Richard Nelson <unixabg@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Could you post your tftpboot boot information? I think the file is
> tftpboot/debian-live/i386/boot-screens/menu.cfg
>
> But it would be helpful to see the append line.
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Juergen Fiedler
> <juergen.fiedler@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to build a Lenny net image on a Lenny machine with
>> live-helper 1.0.4+20090420.1002 from live.debian.net.
>> The build was configured with:
>>
>>> lh_config --net-root-filesystem "cifs" \
>>> --net-root-server "192.168.1.1" \
>>> --net-root-path "/bootimage/" \
>>> --binary-images "net"
>>
>> The image boots OK, but when it comes to mounting the root, I see the following:
>>
>>> Begin: Trying netboot from //192.168.1.1/bootimage/ /live/image ... Begin: Trying nfsmount -
>>> 0 nolock -o ro //192.168.1.1/bootimage/ /live/image/ ... nfsmount: need a server
>>
>> The last message ('nfsmount: need a server') repeats until I do a ctrl-alt-del.
>> So, basically, it would appear that init is skipping the CIFS mount
>> and proceeding directly to NFS.
>>
>> It looks like there is no /sbin/mount.cifs in the initrd, which may be
>> the reason why the CIFS mount isn't working.
>> Did I leave out an important switch to keep that from being included,
>> or do I need a special hook or some such thing?
>> I'm sure I am missing something rather obvious, but I've been trying
>> for hours and not getting anywhere.
>>
>> Speaking of obvious: Yes, I can browse //192.168.1.1/bootimage/ with
>> smbclient. Right now, it is pinting to the live/ folder withing
>> binary/.
>> I have also tried sharing binary/ itself as //192.168.1.1/bootimage/,
>> but it didn't seem to make a difference.
>>
>> Can anybody help?
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>> ~Juergen
>>
>>
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