From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with SMTP id B3FD9482A for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:57:25 -0600 (MDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Helge Deller To: Matthew Wilcox , nick@snowman.net Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] C180 netbooting Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 20:57:17 +0200 Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org References: <20010823193847.B27374@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20010823193847.B27374@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <20010823185725.B3FD9482A@dsl2.external.hp.com> List-ID: On Thursday 23 August 2001 20:38, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 12:58:34PM -0400, nick@snowman.net wrote: > > Hi, I'm trying to get a C180 booting entirely off the network. I can > > load a lifimage over bootp, however then I'm stuck. There is a vmlinux > > attached to the lifimage, but I can't figure out how to tell the loader > > to boot that and use an NFSroot. I have found a few suggestions (vmlinux > > HOME=/ TERM=linux root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=mynfs:/dir) and that dosen't seem > > to work. Do I need a special lifimage? > > Well, I do this all the time, so it does work :-) All I need to do is > change the NFSROOT in palo's Makefile to my server's IP address. I'm > still crosscompiling; my string looks like this: > 0/vmlinux64 HOME=/ TERM=linux root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=15.1.50.190 ip=bootp I think this is the point. If you hardcode it in the Makefile and boot this lifimage directly without user-interaction (bo lan ipl) it works. If you try to change it at the prompt it won't boot. (I've just tested that) Helge