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syamajala

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From: here, there, everywhere

Registered: 2005-01-25

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netboot wtih initrd

anyone know how to netboot a system with an initrd? i tried
default /vmlinuz26
append ip=dhcp root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.0.4:/exports/192.168.0.2 initrd=initrd
in my pxelinux config file but the system seems to have trouble mounting the rootfs because it tries to create /dev/nfs. i'm using mkinitcpio.

kleptophobiac

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From: Sunnyvale, CA

Registered: 2004-04-25

Posts: 488

Re: netboot wtih initrd

default linux
label linux
        kernel  pxelinux.cfg/mythfe01/vmlinuz26
        append  initrd=pxelinux.cfg/mythfe01/kernel26.img ip=:::::eth0:dhcp nfsroot=192.168.1.5:/diskless/mythfe01,hard,intr ro

This is specific to my setup, but substitute your IP address and folders as necessary.

I have an NFS server (192.168.1.5) that I use to host the filesystem for my MythTV frontend (mythfe01).

syamajala

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Registered: 2005-01-25

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Re: netboot wtih initrd

i was able to get a little farther with

default /vmlinuz26
append ip=dhcp root=192.168.0.4:/exports/192.168.0.2 initrd=initrd rootfstype=nfs

now it just looks like its netbsd nfs server that is causing me problems.