Re: nfs root mount problem
well, I alreadyt made a floppy but now im starting from pure dos using
xxxx.com programs. In fact when I tried to copy it to the floopy i had the
similar problems as u describe, but I compiled the boot1a.bin program so I
could copy it to the floppy with the cat utility. I cant remember how I
did, but I remember I had to do it manually after compiling the boot prom
itself, let me see...It looks it works
oh I think I did this:
goto ./ether_something/src
then type
make bin/boot1a.bin
If you have an original Makefile it should compile boot1a.bin & place it
in src/bin/
THen all you have to do is proceed with instructions in the etherboot
manual..
regards. It seemed my problem was related with the ether= thing in the
kernel command line. I hanvent been working on that, but I will try it
soon
thanks
On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, David Wright wrote:
>
>
> How did you make a boot floppy that initiates the process? I am just
> starting to try to make diskless systems (not to make thin clients, but to
> centralize software installation on a computational cluster) and am stuck.
> The etherboot tutorial says to
> cat floppyload.bin 3c905.lzrom > /dev/fd0
> but the etherboot distribution doesn't contain any "floppyload.bin" (yes,
> I did make it) and the ROM images from http://www.rom-o-matic.net end in
> .lzdsk not .lzrom, which I'm not sure is the same. Is there a more
> up-to-date tutorial which does etherboot with boot floopies?
>
> On a related note, the 2.2.x kernels must be built with an "allow root to
> mount over nfs" option to get this to work, but this option appears to be
> gone from the 2.4.x kernels. Is it unnecessary, or just hiding?
>
>
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