From: Trond Myklebust Subject: Re: NFSv4 and nfsroot Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:09:31 -0400 Message-ID: <1216213771.7786.7.camel@localhost> References: <487D7230.2050404@neuralbs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org To: kyron-PfIpIgFSuk5Wk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org Return-path: Received: from mail-out1.uio.no ([129.240.10.57]:47223 "EHLO mail-out1.uio.no" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755119AbYGPNJf (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:09:35 -0400 In-Reply-To: <487D7230.2050404-PfIpIgFSuk5Wk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 23:59 -0400, Eric Thibodeau wrote: > I've set up nfsroot based systems before but I am now attempting to do > the same thing using nfsv4 using the _in-kernel_ nfsroot support (ie: no > initrd with script that does the mounting). I have been unable to find > "authoritative" references to how to accomplish this and wanted to ask > for solid references before I start polluting the mailing list with my > probably completely erroneous approach. Things that might be worth > mentioning: nfsroot for NFSv4 is not supported. You can still do it by using an initrd file in order to bootstrap the necessary user-space utilities like the idmapper (and possibly rpc.gssd) before mounting the partition and pivoting. Cheers Trond