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Re: howto setup an install server..



On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 06:50:20PM +0000, DREIER Fr?d?ric wrote:
> Ok, I have compiled my kernel. I boot using rarp and bootp.
> Now, I'm booting with:
> 
> "boot net ip=rom"
> 
> boot is ok, but it cannot open a console.. probably cause root is readonly 
> mounted...? how can I make it works? root=ram don't seem to work..

Make sure the nfs server has the no_root_squash set for the exported
mount. Else root access defaults to user nobody, which doesn't have
perms needed to do things like open devices.

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