Re: Problem with RootNFS

Bartlomiej Czardybon (czar@dumb.iinf.polsl.gliwice.pl)
Mon, 13 May 1996 22:36:22 +0200 (MET DST)


On Mon, 13 May 1996, Miguel de Icaza wrote:

>
> > IP Number of computer I run is obtained by BOOTP, from Netware server.
> > It is ok. Kernel says that it got IP number and IP of gateway, and...
> > it tries to make NFS connection to Netware server instead of that given
> > as parameter.
> > Is it a bug or feature ?. How can I make kernel to mount root by
> > NFS from 157.158.12.30 ?
>
> It was a bug. Some kind soul fixed this recently.
>
> This bug has been creeping out every time somebody adds a new
> wonder-feature to nfsroot.
>
> Miguel.
>
Thank You, I found it fixed in 1.3.100, now I've got a second problema:
is it possible to have swapfile mounted on rootnfs ? How to ? Any HOWTO ?

TIA,
Bartlomiej Czardybon
Silesian Technical University - Faculty of Computer Science