Yaron wrote:
> Hey there,
> 
> So, I'm putting together a new machine, and all the components are here 
> except the harddrive, which for some reason hadn't shipped until 
> everything else was alreayd here...
> 
> So I figured, I'll try booting it diskless, just for fun.
> 
> I'm pretty close!
> 
> I got to the point where the thinbg will boot from the network (using 
> pxeboot on my tftp/dhcp server). It boots a kernel I built specifically 
> for the new machine, with support for it's hardware, and no modules.
> 
> But it won't mount the root filesystem off NFS.
> 
> It says it's getting an "error 101" which I think is "Network is 
> unreachable".
> 
> Now, the kernel has support for VIA Rhine cards, which is what is builtin 
> on this MBoard. I /think/ it's DHCPing an address for itself, but I'm not 
> 100% sure (the logs aren't clear - there IS a DHCP request and reply right 
> after it boots the kernel, but it scrolls by too fast). There are no NFS 
> errors on the server.

Check your DHCP server's logs to confirm it's getting an address.  You
could have your DHCP statically assign a given IP for the new box's nic
based on it's mac address to be sure which box is making the request in
the event you have a busy network.

hitting CTRL+S or the "scroll lock" key should stop the display, 
CTRL+Q or the "scroll lock" key again will let it continue.

I've never tried mounting / off NFS but verify it's exported rw to the
root account from the host system.  Check /etc/fstab.

> Course, the client panics so I can't scroll back, and of course it leaves 
> no logs....

-- 
scot

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