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diff --git a/Documentation/nfsroot.txt b/Documentation/nfsroot.txt index a87d4af216c0..d56dc71d9430 100644 --- a/Documentation/nfsroot.txt +++ b/Documentation/nfsroot.txt | |||
| @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Mounting the root filesystem via NFS (nfsroot) | |||
| 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Written 1996 by Gero Kuhlmann <gero@gkminix.han.de> | 4 | Written 1996 by Gero Kuhlmann <gero@gkminix.han.de> |
| 5 | Updated 1997 by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> | 5 | Updated 1997 by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> |
| 6 | Updated 2006 by Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel-nfsroot@schottelius.org> | ||
| 6 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 9 | ||
| @@ -168,7 +169,6 @@ depend on what facilities are available: | |||
| 168 | root. If it got a BOOTP answer the directory name in that answer | 169 | root. If it got a BOOTP answer the directory name in that answer |
| 169 | is used. | 170 | is used. |
| 170 | 171 | ||
| 171 | |||
| 172 | 3.2) Using LILO | 172 | 3.2) Using LILO |
| 173 | When using LILO you can specify all necessary command line | 173 | When using LILO you can specify all necessary command line |
| 174 | parameters with the 'append=' command in the LILO configuration | 174 | parameters with the 'append=' command in the LILO configuration |
| @@ -177,7 +177,11 @@ depend on what facilities are available: | |||
| 177 | LILO and its 'append=' command please refer to the LILO | 177 | LILO and its 'append=' command please refer to the LILO |
| 178 | documentation. | 178 | documentation. |
| 179 | 179 | ||
| 180 | 3.3) Using loadlin | 180 | 3.3) Using GRUB |
| 181 | When you use GRUB, you simply append the parameters after the kernel | ||
| 182 | specification: "kernel <kernel> <parameters>" (without the quotes). | ||
| 183 | |||
| 184 | 3.4) Using loadlin | ||
| 181 | When you want to boot Linux from a DOS command prompt without | 185 | When you want to boot Linux from a DOS command prompt without |
| 182 | having a local hard disk to mount as root, you can use loadlin. | 186 | having a local hard disk to mount as root, you can use loadlin. |
| 183 | I was told that it works, but haven't used it myself yet. In | 187 | I was told that it works, but haven't used it myself yet. In |
| @@ -185,7 +189,7 @@ depend on what facilities are available: | |||
| 185 | lar to how LILO is doing it. Please refer to the loadlin docu- | 189 | lar to how LILO is doing it. Please refer to the loadlin docu- |
| 186 | mentation for further information. | 190 | mentation for further information. |
| 187 | 191 | ||
| 188 | 3.4) Using a boot ROM | 192 | 3.5) Using a boot ROM |
| 189 | This is probably the most elegant way of booting a diskless | 193 | This is probably the most elegant way of booting a diskless |
| 190 | client. With a boot ROM the kernel gets loaded using the TFTP | 194 | client. With a boot ROM the kernel gets loaded using the TFTP |
| 191 | protocol. As far as I know, no commercial boot ROMs yet | 195 | protocol. As far as I know, no commercial boot ROMs yet |
| @@ -194,6 +198,13 @@ depend on what facilities are available: | |||
| 194 | and its mirrors. They are called 'netboot-nfs' and 'etherboot'. | 198 | and its mirrors. They are called 'netboot-nfs' and 'etherboot'. |
| 195 | Both contain everything you need to boot a diskless Linux client. | 199 | Both contain everything you need to boot a diskless Linux client. |
| 196 | 200 | ||
| 201 | 3.6) Using pxelinux | ||
| 202 | Using pxelinux you specify the kernel you built with | ||
| 203 | "kernel <relative-path-below /tftpboot>". The nfsroot parameters | ||
| 204 | are passed to the kernel by adding them to the "append" line. | ||
| 205 | You may perhaps also want to fine tune the console output, | ||
| 206 | see Documentation/serial-console.txt for serial console help. | ||
| 207 | |||
| 197 | 208 | ||
| 198 | 209 | ||
| 199 | 210 | ||