Hello, we are trying to install woody on a javastation (krups) via nfs but have run into several problems which we could not fix.
We installed the root.tar-archive from ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-sparc/3.0.16-2001-10-27/ on a solaris nfs share with the options rw and no_root_squash. The kernel boots, the system starts just fine with the dbootstrap program, we can load a keymap, but it is not possible to mount a "previously-initialized partition". When we enter the path 194.xx.xx.xxx:/export/linux-fs into the dialog box, we get the error message: mount failed: too many levels of symbolic links. I tried to mount the partition on the second console with: > mount -t nfs 194.xx.xx.xxx:/export/linux-fs /target but there I get the error message: mount failed: invalid argument. I can ping the other machine, so the network should work. Maybe it is a problem with busybox 0.60pre? The changelog for busybox 0.60.1 states: * Manuel Novoa III -- rewrite of simplify_path so it behaves itself (fixing some problems with mount and other applets). We tried the kernel 2.3.99pre2 (from the javastation how-to). The kernel log has two entries: init[1]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 155 sh[6]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 155 However, I can use a shell and the dbootstrap program seems to work right. So far I could not compile a newer kernel version. The pre-compiled 2.4.2 version that is also mentioned in the javastation-howto messed up the solaris dhcp server and had problems communicating with the nfs server. Any help is greatly appreciated. bye lars.
