I have a machine that I am attempting to boot over the network. I have
compiled a kernel for it, Debian Lenny Linux version 2.6.26, with nfs
file system and root file system support. For a complete rundown on how
I have created the setup, please see:
http://www.shadlen.org/~maria/pmwiki/Work/Gpxe
Things work well up until it is time to mount the file system from
fstab. The mount is not happening because statd is never started, and
statd is not starting because portmap is not starting. I suspect it is
related to this bug:
http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.bugs.dist/browse_thread/thread/fe95c99e1dbc5aa1
In that discussion some people say that portmap 6.0.9 fixes this for
them, but this is the version of portmap I am using, and it has not
fixed it. I have posted to the bug discussion, although weirdly it seems
to have posted my message as a new thread. What I am wondering is if
anyone has any other ideas of things to try to get this to work. I did
try the suggestion of adding ASYNCMOUNTNFS=no to /etc/default/rcS, to no
avail.
thanks,
maria
Update: I tried installing an earlier version of portmap (etch 5-26),
and this helped moderately. I now have portmap running, but statd still
did not start up. It complains that: Opening /var/run/rpc.statd.pid
failed: Read-only file system. Well, duh, that is why I am trying to get
statd running! Any way I can start statd without a pid until I get the
root file system mounted rw? Or something else to try?
thanks,
maria
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