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[ts-7000] Re: Trying to set up NFS File system for 7200 Series Board.

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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: Trying to set up NFS File system for 7200 Series Board.
From: "Richard" <>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:55:00 -0000
--- In  "kmoore37918" <> wrote:
>
> --- In  "Richard" <sven115@> wrote:
> >
> > I followed all the instructions on setting up an NFS on my linux box
> > and these are the errors that come up when the micro is booting.
> 
> it's hard to tell what's going on without precise information, but...
> 
> it looks like either the IP address wasn't set up correctly in the
> boot parameters, or the IP address got changed after the kernel
> started booting.
> 
> when you boot the kernel from redboot, if you want to have an NFS
> root, you need to include the option ip= with the IP address of the
board.
> 
> so if the board's address were 192.168.0.50 you'd need to say
> ip=192.168.0.50 in addition to nfsroot= , console= and whatever other
> parameters you needed.  that will let the kernel mount the NFS file
> system as root.
> 
> you will need to supply more information (netmask, default route) in
> the ip= parameter than just the IP address if the NFS server isn't on
> the same IP subnet as the board. (but I don't have the reference handy
> to be able to tell you what format that information should be in)
> 
> then once the system gets started, it's possible that 
> /etc/network/interfaces (on the NFS-mounted root) has the wrong
> information which is causing the system to change its IP address to
> something other than what it should be.
>


I found out the problem.  I could not wait for a moderator to clear
this so I Called them up.  I had everything set up correctly however i
guess there was A script in the linux for my arm that changed my IP. 
Because my IP was changed the NFS stopped working.  Thanks for the
help though its appreciated.



 
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