[nwst-dev] kernel not booting

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Hi and Thank You, Still can't boot. Error msg =  kernel panic no init
found. try passing init= to kernel. it does mount nfs. so that's good. 
I think I need to know how to build the root fs and where it goes. 
What does your root fs look like. Or how I pass init= to the kernel (
and which kernel do I pass it to? kernel.1000?)
thanks again in advance. I got the kernel and config file from coruna.
just having trouble w/ initial console. 

Vlok

Hi again,

 I am not sure what is going wrong with your setup.
 Enclosed you will find the bits, which work for me.

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 The relevant bits during startup look like this:

 Linux version 2.4.21 (root@debian) (gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian
 prerelease)) #2 Tue Aug 5 23:25:22 CEST 2003
 ...
 Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0 root=/dev/nfs
 nfsroot=/home/NetworkStation ip=dhcp
 ...
 Sending DHCP requests ., OK
 IP-Config: Got DHCP answer from 10.0.1.100, my address is 10.0.1.50
 IP-Config: Complete:
       device=eth0, addr=10.0.1.50, mask=255.255.255.0, gw=10.0.1.1,
      host=10.0.1.50, domain=buxhoeveden.net, nis-domain=(none),
      bootserver=10.0.1.100, rootserver=10.0.1.100, rootpath=
 NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
 Looking up port of RPC 100003/2 on 10.0.1.100
 Looking up port of RPC 100005/1 on 10.0.1.100
 VFS: Mounted root (nfs filesystem).
 Freeing unused kernel memory: 136k init 36k pmac 8k chrp 4k openfirmware
 ############

 #/etc/exports on the computer that acts as dhcp and nfs server:

 /netstation/prodbase	10.0.1.50(rw)	#that is where my kernel.1000 lives
 /home/NeworkStation		10.0.1.50(rw,no_root_squash) # that is root i.e. "/"
 for the Netstation
 /home/geltmar			10.0.1.50(rw)	#my home directory on the server
 #############

 #/etc/hosts.allow on dhcp/nfs server

 ALL: 10.0.1.*
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 #/etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf on dhcp/nfs server

 option domain-name "buxhoeveden.net";
 option name-name-servers 145.253.2.11;
 default-lease-time 600;
 max-lease-time 7200;

 host netstation {
 	hardware ethernet 0:0:a7:24:17:4b;
 	fixed-address 10.0.1.50;
 	filename "kernel.1000";
 	server-name "10.0.1.100";
 }

 the filename "kernel.1000" is
 probably not necessary, if you configure the NVRAM in the netstation itself
 ???
 to boot a kernel from a specified location,
 but the kernel is configured to use dhcp for an IP, so I guess it is needed
 in the
 second phase of booting to get the nfs stuff running.
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 My kernel is 2.2.21 self compiled, as I had to change the
 nfsroot=/home/Networkstation bit
 for the kernel command line. Other changes are, that I compiled drivers for
 the
 parallel port as modules to keep the kernel small, as I don"t use a printer.

 Have a look in /var/log/syslog et al on your dhcp server and try to find outJun 14 15:55:53 localhost rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request from 192.168.1.102:608 for /netstation/Prodbase (/netstation)

 mounting nfs works. I used to get "permission denied for..." errors by the
 nfs server,

nfs gets mounted , but the weird thing is this 

 how farJun 14 15:55:08 localhost rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request from 192.168.1.102:1023 for /netstation/Prodbase (/netstation)
Jun 14 15:55:09 localhost rpc.mountd: authenticated unmount request from 192.168.1.102:1023 for /netstation/Prodbase (/netstation)
Jun 14 15:55:20 localhost rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request from 192.168.1.102:604 for /NetworkStationV2/prodbase/linuxppc (/NetworkStationV2/prodbase/linuxppc)
Jun 14 15:55:21 localhost rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request from 192.168.1.102:608 for /netstation/Prodbase (/netstation)
Jun 14 15:55:41 localhost rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request from 192.168.1.102:1023 for /netstation/Prodbase (/netstation)
Jun 14 15:55:41 localhost rpc.mountd: authenticated unmount request from 192.168.1.102:1023 for /netstation/Prodbase (/netstation)
Jun 14 15:55:53 localhost rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request from 192.168.1.102:604 for /NetworkStationV2/prodbase/linuxppc (/NetworkStationV2/prodbase/linuxppc)

does it have to mount on 1023? Which it does w/ the regular kernel.63a

 if the IP address of the Networkstation and the lines in /etc/exports did
 not match.

 Did you have a working 2.4.19 kernel, as another user reported and it
 stopped
 working once you switched to 2.4.21? Or did the station not boot at all?

the regular kernel.63a boot fine. but I want to get the sound going :-)  

 No I never tried the 2.4.19. 

 Maybe having the kernel "ouside" nfsroot as in my configuration is
 necessary, I am not sure?
 I had to move nfsroot to a disk partition with more space so I ended up with
 this configuration.

 Maybe you can find any differences to your configuration.

 Good luck

 Geltmar