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@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Mounting the root filesystem via NFS (nfsroot)
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Written 1996 by Gero Kuhlmann <gero@gkminix.han.de>
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Updated 1997 by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
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+Updated 2006 by Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel-nfsroot@schottelius.org>
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@@ -168,7 +169,6 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
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root. If it got a BOOTP answer the directory name in that answer
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is used.
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3.2) Using LILO
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When using LILO you can specify all necessary command line
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parameters with the 'append=' command in the LILO configuration
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@@ -177,7 +177,11 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
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LILO and its 'append=' command please refer to the LILO
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documentation.
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-3.3) Using loadlin
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+3.3) Using GRUB
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+ When you use GRUB, you simply append the parameters after the kernel
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+ specification: "kernel <kernel> <parameters>" (without the quotes).
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+3.4) Using loadlin
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When you want to boot Linux from a DOS command prompt without
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having a local hard disk to mount as root, you can use loadlin.
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I was told that it works, but haven't used it myself yet. In
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@@ -185,7 +189,7 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
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lar to how LILO is doing it. Please refer to the loadlin docu-
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mentation for further information.
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-3.4) Using a boot ROM
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+3.5) Using a boot ROM
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This is probably the most elegant way of booting a diskless
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client. With a boot ROM the kernel gets loaded using the TFTP
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protocol. As far as I know, no commercial boot ROMs yet
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@@ -194,6 +198,13 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
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and its mirrors. They are called 'netboot-nfs' and 'etherboot'.
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Both contain everything you need to boot a diskless Linux client.
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+3.6) Using pxelinux
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+ Using pxelinux you specify the kernel you built with
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+ "kernel <relative-path-below /tftpboot>". The nfsroot parameters
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+ are passed to the kernel by adding them to the "append" line.
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+ You may perhaps also want to fine tune the console output,
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+ see Documentation/serial-console.txt for serial console help.
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