On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 11:26 +1100, Craig Barraclough wrote: > > I tried something similar, because I wanted to see if I could mount an > > NFS partition from my Soekris, running OpenBSD, but I > > couldn't get it to > > work. I also couldn't get NFS support to compile properly, so > > I left it > <snip> > > I've had no problem getting a 4.0-current (upgraded from 3.8-current, > through 3.9-current) system (Soekris NET4801-50) working in just this > way.
I was talking about 3.8. Tried configuring GENERIC with NFS support but it failed, and I just didn't feel like going into the details at that time (unaware of the mass of "details" that bsd.rd / miniroot was going to throw at me;). > NFS kernel supplied from a CF based filesystem on one Soekris box, root > and swap on a NAS device. > Boxes are mounted in the neat kd85.com rack-mount case (Thanks Wim!). > Kernel is built using a quick patch: > > --- GENERIC Thu Jun 8 12:04:42 2006 > +++ GENERIC.NFS Tue Jun 13 12:13:35 2006 > @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ > #option NTFS # Experimental NTFS support > > # or use root on nfs swap on nfs > -config bsd swap generic > +config bsd root on nfs swap on nfs > You're right. The motivation for dropping the DISKLESS kernel config, according to a CVS log message (if I remember it well), was indeed a line like "now replaced by a single line in GENERIC". Still, mounting / on NFS doesn't seem to be considered the standard procedure it is with e.g. Debian/GNU Linux, and isn't documented extensively - in the FAQ or elsewhere. I'd be happy to do that, _if I find time_. Some day I'll try setting up the "diskless" environment again, if only for fun & education. Maybe some nice doc will spin off of it. Bill -- "Incompetence is our watchword" - John Peel
