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PostPosted: Mon Jan 13, 2003 1:21 pm    Post subject: kernel boot params over DHCP for NFS root Reply with quote

I've set up a client server environment for a diskless gentoo node (NOT LTSP). DHCPd sends the mknbi-tagged kernel to the client but then I get the kernel panic. The error message asks me to specify a "root=". But since I'm sending this over DHCP for a NFS mounted root I'm not sure how to do this. Any ideas?
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 13, 2003 3:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

did you compile the remote kernel correctly ? under networking options there should be automatic discovery, and under NFS option, there should be an NFS root (normally hidden !) option selected ..
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 4:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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did you compile the remote kernel correctly ? under networking options there should be automatic discovery, and under NFS option, there should be an NFS root (normally hidden !) option selected


That was it, thanks. I caught the autodiscovery but missed the NFS root. So I am now further along. Sure, there's a new problem but that's for another hour's exploration. Thanks again for the help.
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