[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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