Re: FAQ/

[Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>]

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On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 02:39:23AM +0100, Olaf Zaplinski wrote:
> - how to prepare your bootp server

Install bootp (or dhcpd, which can do bootp as well) and read its
documentation.

> - how to boot the kernel via bootp

This is specific to your machine's firmware.

> - how to start some install script *or* boot your mini-dist/root-fs via NFS,
> fdisk, cp and enjoy

less  ./linux/Documentation/nfsroot.txt

~~VeryShortVersion~~:
- Activate "IP Auto Configuration" in "Networking Options"
- Build NFS directly into your kernel; there, also activate NFS-Root
  support
- "root=/dev/nfs" as one command option when booting the kernel (this
  is the easyest method). Then, the client mounts /tftpboot/<IP-Addr>
  from the server which did the bootp reply. Otoh, you could
  configure your bootp server to provide a different boot server
  or boot path.

fdisk and cp (btw, you should better use tar in a pipe for that...)
should be no problem...

MfG, JBG

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