From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Shupp Subject: Re: Debian Diskless client mounts FS as Read Only-fixed Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 15:47:25 -0800 Message-ID: <4201668D.2020706@shupp.org> References: <42015412.7080406@shupp.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1CwUDY-0000r2-SG for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 02 Feb 2005 15:47:28 -0800 Received: from ns1.merchbox.com ([216.234.249.114] helo=merchbox.com) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.41) id 1CwUDX-0007ja-78 for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 02 Feb 2005 15:47:28 -0800 To: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: <42015412.7080406@shupp.org> Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Bill Shupp wrote: > I am trying to setup a Debian Woody diskless client. I followed > instructions located here to make it work with my PXE enabled 3com NIC: > > http://zeewier.blub.net/~jdv/pxe-debian.html > > Everything is working fine, except the root file system is still being > mounted as read only, and I don't know why. Here's my entry in > /etc/exports: > > /nfsroot/webcam 192.168.1.31(no_root_squash,rw,sync) > > Here's what's in /proc/fs/nfs/exports: > > /nfsroot/webcam 192.168.1.31(rw,no_root_squash,sync,wdelay) # > 192.168.1.31 > > > The server is also Debian Woody, both using the 2.4.18 kernel (the > client's kernel was compiled manually to avoid modules). > > Here's what apt-get show nfs-common shows for the version: > > Source: nfs-utils > Version: 1:1.0-2woody3 > > Lastly, here are the kernel boot parameters I'm using: > > ip=dhcp nfsroot=192.168.1.1:/nfsroot/webcam root=/dev/nfs init=/sbin/init > > Any advice is greatly appreciated! Sorry folks.. the debootstrap didn't setup the fstab in the client's etc directory (how could it?). Anyway, once I put the right entries in there, all is working well. Thanks! Bill ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs