I also added root=/dev/nfs. Also check the config-2.4.0 to see if nfs root fs is compiled in to the kernel. I used kernel-image-2.4.0-test9-ip22-r4k, because 2.4.2 had no nfs root fs compiled in.
Bas Benschop Faculty of Applied Physics University of Twente The Netherlands On Thu, 3 May 2001, John D. Davis wrote: > > I am trying to install Linux on an R4400 Indy from another R4400 Indy > running IRIX. I have looked at the list archives at both debian and sgi > and found messages with the same kernel panic problem. Is there a > solution? dhcp_bootp and tftp seem to be configured right. i don't get > any NFS errors in the SYSLOG. I have also tried the instructions on the > digibel.org site and added the nfs_root info for the server. I am using > the base.2.2.2 and kernel-image-2.4.0-ip22-r4k.tgz. I had to explicitly > add /tftpboot directory with a link to the debian linux distribution to > rememdy the nfs errors from getfh. > > Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated. > thanks, > john davis > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
