On Tue, 28 Sep 2010, geoffjay01 wrote:
> I finally bought another TS7200 after bricking the one that I had about 3
> years ago, right off the bat I'd like to boot from an NFS share but I've run
> into some problems. Here's what I've got -
>
> RedBoot> fconfig -l
> Run script at boot: true
> Boot script:
> .. fis load vmlinux
> .. exec -c "console=ttyAM0,115200 root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/srv/ts7200"
>
> I've attempted several variations on the above including the ip=dhcp
> option and changing the nfs to nfsroot and vice versa, but no luck. If
> someone could help me with a couple of questions I'd be very greatful.
>
> 1. What's the proper Debian tarball to extract into the NFS share? (I
> found one for the 2.6 kernel on the site but I don't know if I should be
> using a different one for 2.4)
>
> 2. what's the correct boot script to use?
Information on the kernel parameters for booting nfsroot are in section 4.4
of the NFS-Root mini FAQ at...
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/NFS-Root.html
If you are running fixed ip then the ip= parameter must give all the
details consistant with the eth0 config in your nfs-root image.
I've not done that. When booting nfsroot I use dhcp, and configure my dhcp
server to provide a fixed ip address that matches the fixed ip my nfsroot
image uses.
As to the "proper" image to use for the nfsroot - well the clever dick
answer is "anyone that works". But I would recommend either the a copy of
the onboard cutdown TS image, or the linux 2.4 Debian image - after all you
are loading the onboard 2.4 kernel :-)
You will have to make sure /etc/fstab in the nfsroot image is correct for
the setup, and that the IP set up for eth0 in the image is correct.
cheers
Jim
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