Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S937020AbWLDPaE (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:30:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S937017AbWLDPaD (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:30:03 -0500 Received: from pat.uio.no ([129.240.10.15]:53962 "EHLO pat.uio.no" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S937020AbWLDPaA (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:30:00 -0500 Subject: Re: Mounting NFS root FS From: Trond Myklebust To: Janne Karhunen Cc: MrUmunhum@popdial.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <24c1515f0612040351p6056101frc12db8eb86063213@mail.gmail.com> References: <4571CE06.4040800@popdial.com> <24c1515f0612040351p6056101frc12db8eb86063213@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:29:37 -0500 Message-Id: <1165246177.711.179.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-UiO-Spam-info: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-3.381, required 12, autolearn=disabled, AWL 1.48, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL 0.14, UIO_MAIL_IS_INTERNAL -5.00) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 841 Lines: 24 On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 13:51 +0200, Janne Karhunen wrote: > On 12/2/06, William Estrada wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > 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(?). > > Is this really properly possible (with read/write access and > locking in place)? AFAIK NFS client lock state data seems > to require persistent storage .. ? 1) Yes, but not on the root partition (unless you use an initrd to start rpc.statd before mounting the NFS partition). 2) NFS provides persistent storage. Trond - 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/