Yaron wrote: > Hey there, > > So, I'm putting together a new machine, and all the components are here > except the harddrive, which for some reason hadn't shipped until > everything else was alreayd here... > > So I figured, I'll try booting it diskless, just for fun. > > I'm pretty close! > > I got to the point where the thinbg will boot from the network (using > pxeboot on my tftp/dhcp server). It boots a kernel I built specifically > for the new machine, with support for it's hardware, and no modules. > > But it won't mount the root filesystem off NFS. > > It says it's getting an "error 101" which I think is "Network is > unreachable". > > Now, the kernel has support for VIA Rhine cards, which is what is builtin > on this MBoard. I /think/ it's DHCPing an address for itself, but I'm not > 100% sure (the logs aren't clear - there IS a DHCP request and reply right > after it boots the kernel, but it scrolls by too fast). There are no NFS > errors on the server. Check your DHCP server's logs to confirm it's getting an address. You could have your DHCP statically assign a given IP for the new box's nic based on it's mac address to be sure which box is making the request in the event you have a busy network. hitting CTRL+S or the "scroll lock" key should stop the display, CTRL+Q or the "scroll lock" key again will let it continue. I've never tried mounting / off NFS but verify it's exported rw to the root account from the host system. Check /etc/fstab. > Course, the client panics so I can't scroll back, and of course it leaves > no logs.... -- scot _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list