This thread ended up outside of this forum so I thought it would be prudent of
me to post the rest of the conversation so that no one thinks it was just left
without a response.
@steve
Hi again Geoff -
I just checked my files, and I successfully booted
debian-sarge-256MB-05-01-2006.tar that I found on the TS website.
I changed the last line of the /etc/fstab file in the above distribution to
read something like the following:
192.168.0.1:/srv/ts7200 / nfs exec,dev,suid 1 1
where the ip address is that of the laptop serving the kernel.
@me
Thanks, I'll have to give it a try later when I get home from work. I had
actually changed the fstab entry to what you have below, the only exception
being that I'm on a different subnet. I also hadn't tried specifying the fixed
IP in the boot script. Thanks a lot for you help, I'll post back my results
later on.
@me
It looks like the tarball that I was trying to use was looking for a 2.6
kernel, I gave the one you suggested below a try but there was still a problem
with something. I opted to give up and dust off an old compact flash card which
I'm now using, I'll have to shelf this until I get motivated enough to try and
bootload a 2.6 kernel. Thanks again for your help.
--- In Jim Jackson <> wrote:
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>
>
>
> 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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