Re: NFS as root
> On Wed, 15 Oct 1997 kestrel@aye.net wrote:
>
> > I was wondering on how to get a machine with no HD to mount its root via nfs
> > on another running machine, the only documentation I have found is on how to
> > create a nfsroot floppy which boots the kernel for the machine. The problem
> > is once its booted I get errors from INIT about initial console. Any idea
> > what's wrong and how to fix it?
>
> Have you tried the nfsroot package? It contains some useful scripts to set
> up the server for the diskless clients. They still aren't perfect (hence
> the version number: 0.5)
Note, that for hamm, the "not-perfectness" is somewhat extreme: it
doesn't work at all, however hard you try.
For bo, on the other hand, it should work, after you read most of
the docs.
--
joost witteveen, joostje@debian.org
#!/usr/bin/perl -sp0777i<X+d*lMLa^*lN%0]dsXx++lMlN/dsM0<j]dsj
$/=unpack('H*',$_);$_=`echo 16dio\U$k"SK$/SM$n\EsN0p[lN*1
lK[d2%Sa2/d0$^Ixp"|dc`;s/\W//g;$_=pack('H*',/((..)*)$/)
#what's this? see http://www.dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/rsa/
--
TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to
debian-user-request@lists.debian.org .
Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .
Reply to: