Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1162481AbWLBVPl (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 16:15:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1162482AbWLBVPk (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 16:15:40 -0500 Received: from 1wt.eu ([62.212.114.60]:18693 "EHLO 1wt.eu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1162481AbWLBVPk (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 16:15:40 -0500 Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 22:15:22 +0100 From: Willy Tarreau To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: William Estrada , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Mounting NFS root FS Message-ID: <20061202211522.GB24090@1wt.eu> References: <4571CE06.4040800@popdial.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1047 Lines: 25 On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 08:07:45PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > > > I have been trying to make FC5's kernel do a boot with an NFS root file > > system. I see > > the support is in the kernel(?). I have tried this: > > > >> root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=10.1.1.12:/tftpboot/NFS/Root_FS > > This feature is almost deprecated. One is supposed to use initramfs, > /sbin/ip or some DHCP client, and a mount program nowadays. But I think that there are plenty of light terminals still booting like this which will not be able to upgrade anymore then. Even right here, my web server (parisc) boot from the network that way. At least an initramfs would need to be able to cope with the same syntax, otherwise we might break some systems where it's not even easy to change those info in the boot loader. Willy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/