Hi Tom
Are you certain NFS is working correctly? Since the initial uImage transfer is over tftp and dhcp looks okay from the log! Possibly try mount nfs from a computer on the same subnet as the roaches using dhcp from the server? Maybe? Regards On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Tom Downes <[email protected]> wrote: > Casper folks: > > I am setting up a netboot system for our ~16 ROACH boards. I had > things working until I attempted to edit /etc/network/interfaces to > enable eth0 to use DHCP. My testing to this point had been over the > serial port. As soon as the DHCP client makes a request, the NFS > connection breaks and I get: > > nfs: server 10.5.5.32 not responding, still trying > > This is, of course, after netboot makes some initial DHCP requests as > part of the BOOTP / TFTP dancing. All that works and it can boot > successfully if I do not enable eth0 as part of boot-up. > > How do I enable eth0 to use DHCP without breaking the NFS connection > that allows the ROACH to continue seeing the exported filesystem? > > Tom > > -- *Adam Barta* c: +27 72 105 8611 e: [email protected] w: www.ska.ac.za p: about.me/adambarta

