[Ltsp-discuss] NFS problem

[Asaf Maruf Ali]

My setup is as follows: Server is running Mandrake 7.2 Ltsp 2.08 installs fine. The directory /tftpboot is created. The files are exported through NFS as /tftpboot/lts/ltsroot   On the diskless workstation side:   I am booting from a floppy using boot floppy created from eb-5.0.3.rtl8029.lzdsk using cat eb-5.0.3.rtl8029.lzdsk > /dev/fd0. The DC boots ok, gets the IP from DHCP server, gets the kernel from server (vmlinuz.rtl8139) using TFTP I get the regular Linux boot messages till the DC tries to mount the filesystem through NFS and gives the following errors: Root-NFS      No NFS server available giving up VFS : Unable to mount root fs via NFS trying floppy VFS: Cannot open root device 02:00 Kernel Panic : VFS : Unable to mount root fs on 02:00   I am able to mount the NFS volume on the server on a regular booted linux machine. Is there something special with Mandrake 7.2 one has to do? Or does one have to create a boot floppy which has commands to boot using NFS. I have tried almost everything i could think of. I would be grateful if someone could help me out.   Thanks in Advance. Asaf