From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by oss.sgi.com id ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 22:58:10 -0800 Received: from air.lug-owl.de ([62.52.24.190]:7952 "HELO air.lug-owl.de") by oss.sgi.com with SMTP id ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 22:57:56 -0800 Received: by air.lug-owl.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5791C8655; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 07:57:53 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 07:57:53 +0100 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: FAQ/ Message-ID: <20001217075752.B5352@lug-owl.de> Reply-To: jbglaw@lug-owl.de Mail-Followup-To: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com References: <3A36AFFE.51C9F2B@web.de> <20001213135723.B3060@paradigm.rfc822.org> <3A3C0ACE.8A13EA97@web.de> <20001217020043.B29250@lug-owl.de> <3A3C194B.5E85C4CE@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3A3C194B.5E85C4CE@web.de>; from olaf.zaplinski@web.de on Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 02:39:23AM +0100 X-Operating-System: Linux air 2.4.0-test8-pre1 Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips-outgoing --eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 N= FS, > 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=3D/dev/nfs" as one command option when booting the kernel (this is the easyest method). Then, the client mounts /tftpboot/ 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 --=20 Fehler eingestehen, Gr=F6=DFe zeigen: Nehmt die Rechtschreibreform zur=FCck= !!! /* Jan-Benedict Glaw -- +49-177-5601720 */ keyID=3D0x8399E1BB fingerprint=3D250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 83= 99 E1BB "insmod vi.o and there we go..." (Alexander Viro on linux-kernel) --eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjo8Y/AACgkQHb1edYOZ4bty3QCfQEN3mA8JA8614NlDo+1wIjJT L+cAoIiJggUzIVyEkvhi2DTFx5AFcE8t =cgeY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF--