From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailserv2.iuinc.com (IDENT:qmailr@mailserv2.iuinc.com [206.245.164.55]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA02661 for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2000 11:49:01 -0600 Received: from guinness.neep.com.au (reggae-10-62.nv.iinet.net.au [203.59.94.62]) by urban.iinet.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA32557 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2000 01:48:44 +0800 Received: (from andrew@localhost) by guinness.neep.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian/GNU) id BAA27101 for parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com; Thu, 24 Aug 2000 01:48:37 +0800 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 01:48:33 +0800 From: Andrew Shugg To: parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] disk required? Message-ID: <20000824014831.A25471@neep.com.au> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: ; from apark@cdf.toronto.edu on Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 01:28:14PM -0400 List-ID: Andrew Park said: > Hi, > > Just wondering... Is there a disk space requirement for booting from > network (NFSROOT)? Or could I do it without a disk? > Thanks > > Andrew Park There isn't any requirement for locally attached devices to have readable filesystems if you can boot and nfs-root from the network. The local disks in my HP hold HP/UX on them, I just network boot to test Linux kernels. This is essentially the same thing as having no disk at all as far as Linux is concerned. =) Andrew. -- Andrew Shugg http://www.neep.com.au/ "Just remember Basil, there's always someone worse off than yourself." "Oh, really? I'd like to meet him ... I could do with a good laugh." [ Sybil and Basil Fawlty, "Fawlty Towers" ]