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[ts-7000] Re: Can't boot 7250 to Debian over NFS

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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: Can't boot 7250 to Debian over NFS
From: Mike Dodd <>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:57:29 -0400
Jim Jackson wrote:
> exec -c "console=ttyAM1,115200 ip=dhcp nfsroot=/ts7250-debian"
> 
> and in my DHCP settings on my Linux DHCP3 server I have an entry for
> the board like this (substitute your name and board mac address...
> 
> # TS7260 ARM SBC ethernet host scandium { hardware ethernet
> 00:d0:69:40:00:4c; fixed-address 192.168.1.50; next-server
> 192.168.1.20; }

Thanks. I'm trying to avoid DHCP because I have three 7250 boards, and 
it's simpler to give them static IPs. DHCP is an option....
> 
> Given the kernel crashes
> almost immediately, I'm wondering if the nfsroot string your are
> giving is valid?

Yes it is. I discovered a missing slash in the 'nfsroot=/ts7250-debian' 
parameter. I got it working on the 192.168.1.20 Linux box, and am able 
to boot into Debian, and compile and run programs there. A major step!

But it doesn't boot to my 192.168.1.1 Linux server if I change the 
Redboot parameter. I untarred Debian and made all the config changes on 
the .1 box to match the .20 box, but it never finishes loading the 
kernel. I can watch the Ethernet port lights and, at first, they look 
the same as loading from the .20 box. But then the flashing slows and 
finally stops.

I don't think the NFS server on the .1 box is faulty. Just last night I 
ran a backup script on the .20 box, and it copied several gigs from the 
.1 box over NFS in the normal 1.5 hours.

I'll double-check the .1 NFS settings again, and maybe set up DHCP for 
this one 7250. But at least I have boot-to-NFS working on the .20 box.

Now I'm waiting for a USB flash drive so I can use that instead of NFS.

-- 
Mike

Mike Dodd
Louisa County, VA USA

http://mdodd.com


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