henri wrote: > > hey, > > i just tried to get slink to work on a diskless sparc2. > > got the base install done, then tried to re-boot w/ > > >b net linux nfsroot=192.168.245.235:/usr/local/sparc > > and the same tftpboot.img found in disks-sparc (that i used to start > the install w/) > > it boots, rarp's, connects to the nfs server (i see the connection in > the log file of the server), then comes back w/ an nfs error -22 > > and says something about not being able to get the inode for the root > partition, then it waits for me to put a floppy in the drive. > > any ideas?
Did you export /usr/local/sparc for root rw access ? > i'm assuming that since it printed out some messages that start w/ > NFS-Root that the tftpboot image is configured to do that.. > > > henri > > - would it make any sense to use the vmlinux that comes w/ slink as > the tftpboot image? i guess i could start teh install process over and > download elftoaout to convert it... The "linux" file from boot-disks is available to do that. It is already a.out format. Regards. -- Eric Delaunay | "La guerre justifie l'existence des militaires. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | En les supprimant." Henri Jeanson (1900-1970)