pxeboot and nfsroot

From: Cornelius Koelbel (cornelius.koelbel_at_gmx.de)
Date: 11/29/05

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    Hi there,

    I am trying to setup up my clientless machine for two days.

    THere is aboslutely no good howto for this.
    I did it about two years ago, but now it is gone. (I missed to write a
    howto ;-)

    I do not want to install using pxeboot, and I do not want to use this
    stateless project. I don't habe an ldap server...

    I got everything set up:
    - dhcpd
    - tftp
    - got my own kernel
    - got my initrd

    THe machine having no disk is booting fine, loading the kernel from
    tftp, and doing the init from the ram disk.

    But when it comes to switchroot or pivot_root i run into problems.
    The initrd, as it comes with FC4 uses nash, where the mount command does
    not support nfs.

    So I put several other things in my ramdisk.

    The problems I get are either
    A) kernel panic
    B) or a login prompt without the init from the nfsroot beeing
    executed. (Since the screen disappears immediatly I can not see, if the
    switchroot was done successfully...)

    Is anybody out there, able to help?

    I case I can provide all the files.

    Regards
    Cornelius 

    


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