> Trevor Johnson wrote:
> >
> > > Maybe I have missed something but what happened with NFS-Root in 2.1.9x
> > > kernel series ? I cannot find such an option. How else can I enable it ?
> >
> > Look under the file systems.
> > ___
> > Trevor Johnson
>
> Okay, first of all, in 2.1.95 NFS-Root is not included in the
> filesystems menu an if I set CONFIG_ROOT_NFS manually in .config file, I
> get the following errors:
>
You need to enable Kernel level autoconfiguration under Networking options
in order to use NFS-Root
imho, this should be clearly documented in Configure.help
Perhaps something like the diff included below?
--- linux/Documentation/Configure.help.old Wed Apr 15 21:17:37 1998
+++ linux/Documentation/Configure.help Wed Apr 15 21:31:30 1998
@@ -5131,9 +5131,10 @@
will mount its root filesystem over nfs (in order to do that, check
out the netboot package, available via ftp (user: anonymous) from
sunsite.unc.edu in /pub/Linux/system/boot/ethernet/, extract with
- "tar xzvf filename", and say Y to "Root file system on NFS" below),
- then you cannot compile this driver as a module. If you don't know
- what all this is about, say N.
+ "tar xzvf filename". You should also enable
+ "kernel level autoconfiguration" under Networking options, and say
+ Y to "Root file system on NFS" below), then you cannot compile this
+ driver as a module. If you don't know what all this is about, say N.
Root file system on NFS
CONFIG_ROOT_NFS
-
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