Thread: [linuxdc-dev] Kernel command line

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Can someone remind me of the correct command line to make my root fs run
off NFS?

Thanks

Adrian

On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 11:06:59PM +0100, Adrian McMenamin scrawled:
> Can someone remind me of the correct command line to make my root fs run
> off NFS?

Don't you need to BOOTP for this to happen?

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Daniel Stone                                     <dstone@trinity.unimelb.ed=
u.au>
Developer, Trinity College, University of Melbourne

On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 11:06:59PM +0100, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> Can someone remind me of the correct command line to make my root fs run
> off NFS?

You have to set three kernel parameters:

root=/dev/nfs 
nfsroot=[<server-ip>:]<root-dir>[,<nfs-options>]
ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf>

It is fully documented in the kernel's Documentation/nfsroot.txt. In my
experience, it's best to start with static IPs all over the place, then
migrate over to BOOTP once you have things working.

Kind regards,

Karl T