Oded and Vagrant, Thank you for all the help and usefull information.
It turned out to be some odd problem with the modules at /lib that were not upgraded with the new kernel after I apt-get dist-upgrade the old etch installation. So it had an influence on NFS. Made a fresh install of lenny and everything ran smoothly. My best regards and have a great weekend. Gustavo 2009/3/13 Vagrant Cascadian <vagr...@freegeek.org> > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 01:36:41PM +0200, Oded Naveh wrote: > > [Vagrant Cascadian] > > > what is in the file /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/pxelinux.cfg/default? > > > it should contain a "boot=nfs" parameter. > > > > At 5.1.10-2 the boot=nfs is missing from BOOTPROMPT_OPTS. > > > > Hi Gustavo, > > The messages you quoted are slightly different from those I > received, but I still think it's the same issue. > > Instructions for working around this provided by Vagrant Cascadian and > > verified: > > > > # step 1: ensure boot=nfs in BOOTPROMPT_OPTS > > # for example: BOOTPROMPT_OPTS="quiet splash boot=nfs" > > $EDITOR /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/ltsp/update-kernels.conf > > > > # step 2: run update-kernels script in the chroot > > chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 /usr/share/ltsp/update-kernels > > > > # step 3: run ltsp-update-kernels on the server > > ltsp-update-kernels > > > > see: <http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/2008/11/msg00069.html> > > BOOTPROMPT_OPTS is not needed in lenny or sid by default- it is because > debian-edu sets BOOTPROMPT_OPTS that it was necessary to set in > debian-edu installs. > > > Hi Vagrant, > > I found this bug report while doing a follow-up for: > > http://bugs.skolelinux.no/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1320 > > > > In http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/2008/11/msg00072.html > > You wrote: > > "i probably should've patched the default in the packages directly ... > *sigh*" > > Have you patched it in Sid? :) > > I could find no trace of it in the Changelog. > > i haven't patched the file that would make it unnecessary to set "boot=nfs" > in > the bootloader. will add it to the next upload. > > though i don't think this is really the bug Gustavo encountered- it > sounded like it was *trying* to mount NFS and failing, rather that > trying to mount using NBD. > > live well, > vagrant >