Re: Problems with NFS boot

[ankur maheshwari <ankur_maheshwari@procsys.com>]

Please try similar to this working example; I use it successfully in my 
case.

setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=192.168.1.10:/opt/target 
ip=192.168.1.11:192.168.1.5:192.168.1.10:255.255.255.0:::off


If booting from u-boot I use this following
root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=\\$(serverip):/opt/target 
ip=\\$(ipaddr):\\$(serverip):\\$(gatewayip):\\$(netmask):\\$(hostname)::off


thanks
Ankur  



Mohamed Bamakhrama wrote:
> Hi Ralf,
> I added the ":" at the end. It is still not working. I get the same error:
>
> VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(0,0)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions:
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
>
> Do I have to set any special config. info in the the kernel config
> beside the NFS support?
>
>
>
> On 8/8/07, Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 12:18:51PM +0200, Mohamed Bamakhrama wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Hi list,
>>> I have a Malta board for which I was able to build the kernel, load it
>>> and start it. The problem comes when it tries to boot through the NFS.
>>>
>>> I start the kernel with the following command:
>>> go . nfsroot=192.168.1.1/mnt/danube_rootfs ip=192.168.1.4:192.168.1.1:::
>>>       
>>                         ^^ there should be a `:' following the IP.
>>
>>  Ralf
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