Re: NFS Root setup

["Brian Webb" <brian_d_webb@hotmail.com>]

Marty,

Thanks for the suggestion.  With only a
mere four hours of wrestling, I was able
to get the ROM-O-MATIC and LTSP software
working.  Now that I have a working system
to examine, I should be able to get a grasp
of the details.

Another satisfied Linux newbie...

- Brian

>On 1/28/2001 9:55 AM Brian Webb brian_d_webb@hotmail.com wrote:
> >I'm trying to set up my first diskless workstation
> >and can't figure out how to add NFS root support
> >to the kernel.
>
>On the ltsp.org site in the downloads section you will find .tar.gz
>(.tgz) files containing kernels that boot with root on NFS support.  Also
>contained in the tarballs are the kernel config files used to build the
>kernel.  You may be able to discover the options required to build a
>suitable kernel there.
>
>Marty
>
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>
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