Re: nfs setup on woody
On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 05:34:46PM +0000, Richard Lyons <richard@the-place.net> wrote:
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> So you are evidently right. Pity. The howto suggests anything over
> 2.2.16 supports nfs.
Yup, the kernel does support it, _if_ you choose to include it into the
compilation. I think it just missed in that kernel.
> I did recently apt-get kernel-image 2.4.18-1-k6 (actually via aptitude),
> but it doesn't boot correctly, so I continue with the 2.2.20.
What's was the problem? Have you set it up correctly (I mean
initrd-tools is not enough, you have to specify the initrd.img in your
bootloader configuration - probably in lilo.conf).
> I suppose I could try dist-upgrade. I know that nfs works out of the
> box in Sid,
Just to be clear: dist-upgrade would give you Sarge on a Woody box,
which is under testing.
> Someone will probably tell
> me to compile a kernel, but I've wasted days reading howtos and going
> through configurations I understand about 10% of, only to get unusable
> kernels, so I'm not inclined to go that route.
It's not that hard, but you are right, it would be easier to install an
image from deb than compile your one.
Cheers,
GCS
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