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From: Sascha Hlusiak <saschahlusiak@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: Cocoy Dayao <cocoy.dayao@×××××.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] root-nfs question
Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 08:34:20
Message-Id: 200905041034.53075.saschahlusiak@arcor.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] root-nfs question by Cocoy Dayao
1 Hi,
2
3 > rpcbind: server 192.168.2.1 not responding, timed out
4 > Root-NFS: Unable to get nfsd port number from server, using default
5 > Looking up port of RPC 100005/1 on 192.168.2.1
6 > rpcbind: server 192.168.2.1 not responding, timed out
7 > Root-NFS: Unable to get mountd port number from server, using default
8 > Root-NFS: Server returned error -5 while mounting /diskless/192.168.2.11
9 > VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, tryi9ng floppy.
10 > VFS: Cannot open root device "nfs" or unknown-block(2,0)
11 > Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS unable to mount root fs on unknown-
12 > block(2,0)
13 >
14 > Both client and server have root nfs turned on it their respective
15 > kernel.
16 Make sure the client also has CONFIG_IP_PNP_DHCP=y and the necessary NIC
17 drivers compiled in (not as module).
18
19 > pxelinux.cfg is this:
20 >
21 > DEFAULT /kernel8
22 > APPEND root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=192.168.2.1:/diskless/192.168.2.11
23 > init=sbin/init
24 Add ip=dhcp to APPEND so that the kernel does DHCP again for an IP. Otherwise
25 it might not be connected to the network when it boots and be unable to reach
26 the NFS server.
27
28
29 Greetings,
30 Sascha

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