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From: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca>
To: Beeblebrox <zaphod@berentweb.com>
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Subject: Re: NFS and diskless: some questions re nfs_diskless.c
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I wrote:
> > * When trying to use Grub, boot stops at the "mountroot>" prompt,
> > wich was the original problem as far as I recall. The grub.cfg file
> > already passes these params to the FreeBSD kernel to no avail:
> > vfs.root.mountfrom="nfs:192.168.2.1:/data/amd64"
> I believe the syntax for this is:
> vfs.root.mountfrom=nfs:/data/amd64
> but I'm not sure.
Oops, I think your syntax is correct, but vfs.root.mountfrom only
works for the BOOTP + BOOTP_NFSROOT case.

rick