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From: Ben Warren <bwarren@qstreams.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:56:32 -0400
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] Booting Linux Kernel Image from NFS Server
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joemama wrote:
> Have a Ubuntu PC hosted NFS server that contains a Linux Kernel Image. 
> I have an Atmel target board connected to the PC via ethernet. What 
> should I set the U-Boot environment variables to to allow me to boot 
> the kernel image into the target board? *Relevant Info:* Address of 
> NFS server: 192.168.2.250 Location of image: /home/joe/nfs Name of 
> image: uImage Thanks
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
For clarification, what do you mean by 'Linux Kernel Image'?  Is it just 
a kernel, or a kernel + some kind of init file system (initrd etc.) or a 
file system that you want to use over NFS?  If it's one of the first 
two, you'd be better served by TFTP.

Also, try reading this:

http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/LinuxNfsRoot

regards,
Ben