[gentoo-server] NFS root issue

[Wade Mealing]

I have PXE boot successfully working, and a very basic script written to
do networked deployments.  (Not suitable for use, just yet).

This is how i have it working right now, told from the client machine
perspective.  This is x86 specific, but it could be easily applied to
other architectures.

The order below has been broken up into sections so that it can be used
to handle alternative Operating systems, or alternative methods.

-- Boot stage	
	Gets IP from DHCP server
	Gets Kernel via TFTP
	mounts nfs root.
	continues to boot from new NFSroot partition
-- End Boot Stage

-- Base install 
	Gets custom  (/etc/ and script) for this hardware config.
	Loads modules
	partition drives
	untar base stage 3 for i586 (lowest common demoninator)
	chroot to new fs
-- Base Install

-- Initial Configuration
	gets new config files from GOLD server (SVN)
	rebuilds world with correct cpu type ..
		(Possibly mounting a packages dir)
	Build Kernel (Via genkernel or prebuilt)
	Run bootloader.
	reboot. *
-- Initial Configuration


At the moment, things are quite messy, and im hoping for GLIS to
do some of the heavy lifting.  At the moment its C#/Bash and I havent
done any error handling.



--- Problems so far

	* NFS root doesnt seem to unmount nicely
		- eth0 comes down before unmounting fs
 		- sig kill kills mounts anyway, even if you fix that
	

Thats the story, i'll keep you posted.


---
Wade Mealing <wmealing@g.o>