[syslinux] syslinux 1.75

[Geddes]

Hi all,

I'm setting up a diskless linux system using pxelinux. I have reached the 
point where the kernel boots and init starts. However, I'am getting this 
message:

INIT: version 2.78 booting
can't create lock file /etc/mtab~14: Read-only file system (use -n flag to 
override)
INIT: Entering runlevel: 2
INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel

I have made sure that my export is rw and no_root_squash for my tftpboot 
directory that contains the root files(/tftpboot/test). Also, I set permissions
for /tftpboot/test/etc as 777 and /tftpboot/test/tmp as 1777.

Note: I have replaced the pxelinux.0 from 1.75 with the one from 1.74 
because the kernel would not load. I would get a message:
boot:
loading bzImage2...................Ready.
Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel. 

and that would be it. 

Any suggestion on how I can solve my mtab problem.

Thanks,

-- 
Jeff Geddes, BSc(UNB)
Computer Systems Specialist
University of New Brunswick
Faculty of Computer Science
eMail: jgeddes at unb.ca
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