From: Julius Subject: root over nfs, error -93 Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 23:17:36 +0200 Message-ID: <1212009456.3786.24.camel@wf> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain To: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:45202 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1753128AbYE1VOC (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 May 2008 17:14:02 -0400 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, im trying to get a client boot from my server via nfs. but it fails with: Root-NFS: Server returned error -93 while mounting /nfs-exports/pxeclient the client uses a vanilla 2.6.24.7 kernel with these settings: <*> NFS file system support [*] Provide NFSv3 client support [*] Provide client support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension [*] Root file system on NFS [*] Support for rpcbind versions 3 & 4 (EXPERIMENTAL) full config: http://metalfan2.me.funpic.de/.config kernel append line: append root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.11.3:/nfs-exports/pxeclient ip=dhcp the system successfully boots the kernel via syslinux and requests its ip via dhcp server: rpcinfo -p localhost program vers proto port 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper 100024 1 udp 54039 status 100024 1 tcp 57693 status 100005 3 udp 48497 mountd 100005 3 tcp 34406 mountd 100003 2 udp 2049 nfs 100003 3 udp 2049 nfs 100003 4 udp 2049 nfs 100021 1 udp 47061 nlockmgr 100021 3 udp 47061 nlockmgr 100021 4 udp 47061 nlockmgr 100003 2 tcp 2049 nfs 100003 3 tcp 2049 nfs 100003 4 tcp 2049 nfs 100021 1 tcp 54896 nlockmgr 100021 3 tcp 54896 nlockmgr 100021 4 tcp 54896 nlockmgr nfs-utils-1.1.0 Any ideas whats wrong?