From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24802 invoked from network); 16 Nov 2004 22:33:12 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 16 Nov 2004 22:33:12 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CUBsu-0004iS-Bk for arch-gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 22:33:12 +0000 Received: (qmail 26640 invoked by uid 89); 16 Nov 2004 22:33:11 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-mips-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-mips@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 18435 invoked from network); 16 Nov 2004 22:33:11 +0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=eBa2lqqxDuj3omEA6tQ8IUvbkQzzdT4/8YOHq7aUyn4EEc0qqlAvdOVZkkquHwOhBAuiRBRSkxPq5aAgse3TR7Z1l1JKvzMX4NBiYCJREaeBggW+xSkXPL5NdIrTXRmMl8NmhVpB2TNBA+FG5NCmvhNOxl44TGGHVCjkhc2h4LE= Message-ID: <757fbd8104111614332ebf960e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 22:33:09 +0000 From: Oscar Almer Reply-To: Oscar Almer To: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <419A7A2C.305@gentoo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <200411162032.iAGKW64w023667@qix.software.umn.edu> <1100639648.14720.21.camel@populus> <419A70CF.5040806@wooh.hu> <1100641979.14720.25.camel@populus> <419A7A2C.305@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-mips] SGI O2 R5000 on initial boot screen freaks out X-Archives-Salt: b467f6b8-00ef-4d0f-9aef-3a6d71301780 X-Archives-Hash: 452bf2820b24397c8c0a4e44185b38e9 Hi in my humble experience, it is possible to get an O2 to boot off a CD instead of a NFS partition by setting a PROM variable (OSLoadOptions or something like it) to point to /dev/cdroms/cdrom0. It saves the hassle of having to set up a NFS server thing if you never have done so before (like me). Disclaimer: I am not a developer, nor anything else. It just happened that that worked for me, so i thought i'd mention it. On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 17:07:40 -0500, Stephen P. Becker wrote: > Andrew Finley wrote: > > Thanks Papai, > > If I set up the NFS server what should it's export file look like? > > > > > > The share just needs to be (rw,no_root_squash) so that the remote > machine has proper access. > > Steve > > > > > -- > gentoo-mips@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-mips@gentoo.org mailing list