NFS how to set up properly for netboot ???

[Vinh Lai <vietnam@WPI.EDU>]

	   Hi all,

  I am trying to set up netboot and I was able to boot the Diskless Client
(DC) but when the kernel trying to mount it's root-FS (root file system),
it mounted the /boot/client1/root but it wasn't able to mount the (/proc, 
/dev, /sbin, /bin /etc ...) and it prompted a message (Unable to
open initial console).  I know that I did not set up NFS right on the
server site with (bootptab and exports files) but I don't know how to set
them up properly so any comment or help to correct this problem would be
greatly appriciated,

Thanks. 

My bootptab and exports files are as follow: 

(in /etc/bootptab)
client1:hd=/boot:vm=auto:ip=130.215.17.105:\
        :ht=ethernet:ha=12345678977a:\
        :bf=bootImage-client1:\
        :rp=/boot/client1/root

(in /etc/exports)
#
# Export directories for client1 (diskless workstation)
#

/boot/client1/root                     *.wpi.edu(rw,link_absolute)
/boot/client1/bin                      *.wpi.edu(rw,link_absolute)
/boot/client1/sbin                     *.wpi.edu(rw,link_absolute)
/boot/client1/lib                      *.wpi.edu(rw,link_absolute)
/boot/client1/usr                      *.wpi.edu(rw,link_absolute)
/boot/client1/etc                      *.wpi.edu(rw,link_absolute)
/boot/client1/var                      *.wpi.edu(rw,link_absolute)
/boot/client1/home                     *.wpi.edu(rw,link_absolute)
/boot/client1/dev                      *.wpi.edu(rw,link_absolute)
					

	
						    Vinh Nguyen


















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