Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:00:36 +0200 From: Monthadar Al Jaberi <monthadar@gmail.com> To: satish kondapalli <nitw.satish@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to configure freeBSD kernel to mount NFS as a root file system Message-ID: <CA%2BsBSo%2BaEMYUr=_LWmPyc7LwOBxxX=zUhTmZ%2B%2BYMqt43XVyzYA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1311913408355-4645024.post@n5.nabble.com> References: <1311818062256-4640945.post@n5.nabble.com> <3B2DAD3B-5405-43EC-959E-5324C5AEA62A@informatik.uni-bremen.de> <1311913408355-4645024.post@n5.nabble.com>
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On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 6:23 AM, satish kondapalli <nitw.satish@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks > Crest >> Hi, >> >> How to configure freeBSD kernel to mount NFS as a root filesystem. >> In case of Linux we will set the bootargs ( In kernel command line args, >> we >> will give the server ip and path of file system.) >> >> 1) In Free BSD, make installworld =A0will install all the utils in DESTD= IR, >> that DESTDIR we can use as the file system. am i correct? > > Yes export $DESTDIR via NFSv3 > >> 2) If my first point is correct then how to configure my kernel =A0DESTD= IR >> as >> a root filesytem. where to give the path of DESTDIR and DESTDIR machine = IP >> in the kernel. > > Your kernel needs to support (options NFS_ROOT). If you can't run > /boot/loader than define the rootfs in the kernel config (options > ROOTDEVNAME=3D\"ufs:/dev/ufs/rootfs\"). > > My questions is: > 1) we are not telling the NFS server ip address in above two options. whe= re > we will configure the server ip of NFS server in config options. try this: options ROOTDEVNAME=3D\"nfs:192.168.1.103:/usr/obj/rspro_nfs/root\" > > > -- > View this message in context: http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/how-to= -configure-freeBSD-kernel-to-mount-NFS-as-a-root-file-system-tp4640945p4645= 024.html > Sent from the freebsd-arm mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --=20 //Monthadar Al Jaberi
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