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From: William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user List <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Network problem: following gentoo diskless howto for PXE diskless systems
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:34:41
Message-Id: 1205897662.14738.101.camel@rattus
1 Hi, I am following the gentoo diskless howto for PXE diskless systems
2 but I cant seem to stop the slave from restarting its network partway
3 through and losing its root fs (if I have the problem correct).
4
5 I am using "config_eth0=( "noop" )" as suggested in the howto but the
6 network still seems to startup, getting a new dhcp lease with a blank
7 rootpath=, after which init fails:
8
9 #_____________________________________________
10 ip-config: Complete:
11 device= ... lot of text that looks ok
12 ...
13 bootserver=192.168.1.1, rootserver=192.168.1.1,rootpath=
14 ...
15 VFS: Mounted root (nfs filesystem) readonly
16 ...
17 kernel panic: - not syncing: No init found. Try passing ...
18 #_____________________________________________
19
20 Hints?
21 BillK
22
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24 William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>
25 Home in Perth!
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