From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Howell Subject: Re: NFS Bootargs Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:45:47 -0700 Message-ID: <44DA73AB.4050104@northlink.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-omap-open-source-bounces@linux.omap.com Errors-To: linux-omap-open-source-bounces@linux.omap.com To: Abot Botbot Cc: linux-omap-open-source@linux.omap.com List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org Abot Botbot wrote: > Hello all, > > > I'm trying to boot off an NFS share as laid out in the OSK Users > guide so I can begin my software development process. My buidling of the > system with the approrpiate makefiles has all gone seamlessly. I am > attempting to boot from the NFS share on my linux machine, which I've > demonstrated is possible from a neighboring machine. The error is as > follows: > > Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. > > I have tried putting an "init=/bin/sh" argument into the bootargs > string, but that hasn't solved the problem. Does anyone else have a > bootargs string for an NFS share that they have used succesfully? Here > is the string I am currently using for refference: > > console=ttyS0,115200n8 noinitrd rw ip=dhcp root=/dev/nfs > nfsroot=192.168.1.101:/home/usr/projects/filesys,nolock mem=30M > init=/bin/sh > > Thanks for your help, > Andy > [snip] Andy, this is a working NFS boot string for my 1611 H2 with today's git kernel: mem=32M console=ttyS0,115200n8 noinitrd root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=172.30.2.32:/home/markh/omap/nfsroot ip=dhcp Cheers, Mark.