problem with initialization while accessing NFS mounted root file system during the Linux 2.6 boot

[Povolotsky, Alexander]

> Hi,  
> 
> I've managed to program U-boot bootloader and now am trying to boot my
> PQ2FADS-VR board " vanilla" with Linux 2.6.8-rc4 ...but I have problem
> with the  initialization while accessing NFS mounted root file system ...
> . 
> 
> I have NFS server running on my Windows XP Laptop (that is all I am
> allowed to have, no Linux hosts machine available to me ...). I copied
> entire "fadsroot" directory from Arabella's CD-ROM into my "fadsroot"
> directory on my D-drive and made this directory nfs-shared-mountable (I
> have propagated permissions from "fadsroot" down to all subfolders within
> "fadsroot" ...).
> 
> I noticed several errors during the copy process - complaining that I am
> over-writing the files being already copied - is it an issue with "letter
> case" ? - are there files on the Arabella's CD-ROM "fadsroot", which have
> same names but differ just in the letter case used ?
> 
What file system support I need to configure while bulding the kernel for
such case ?

> Anyway I am getting the following error during the end of the boot:
> ......
> device=eth0, addr=192.168.1.103, mask=255.255.255.0, gw=255.255.255.255,
> host=192.168.1.103, domain=, nis-domain=(none),
> bootserver=255.255.255.255, rootserver=192.168.1.100, rootpath=
> Looking up port of RPC 100003/2 on 192.168.1.100
> Looking up port of RPC 100005/1 on 192.168.1.100
> VFS: Mounted root (nfs filesystem).
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 272k init
> Warning: unable to open an initial console.
> Kernel panic: No init found.  Try passing init= option to kernel.
>  <0>Rebooting in 180 seconds..
> 
> My U-boot environment is:
> => printenv
> bootdelay=5
> bootcmd=bootm 200000
> ipaddr=192.168.1.103
> serverip=192.168.1.100
> ethaddr=08:00:17:00:00:03
> bootargs=root /dev/nfs rw nfsroot=192.168.1.100:/home/apovolot/fadsroot
> baudrate=19200
> stdin=serial
> stdout=serial
> stderr=serial
> 
> Any ideas ?
> Thanks,
> Alex
> 
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