[syslinux] PXE boot question

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Wed Dec 17 15:56:00 PST 2003


Davide wrote:
> 
> LABEL   linux_test
>  KERNEL vmlinuz
>  APPEND root=/dev/nfs ip=dhcp noinitrd
> 
> 
> OK, when I boot the client via LAN it gets the IP from the DHCP server,
> finds the kernel, loads the kernel but then I always get the error:
> 
> VFS: Cannot open the root device "nfs" on 00:ff
> please append a correct "root=" boot option
> 
> Any suggestions?!
> 

You need an nfsroot= option telling the kernel where to NFS mount the
root from...

	-hpa




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