Hi Ragu,

as fas as I recall, you can specify nfs over the kernel-cmdline at boot.
If you have thinclients that dont support this (e.g. my IBM NetVista
N2200) you man need to use ugly hacks. Two years ago I simply changed
the "init" script of the init-rd (around line 175) like this:

    run_scripts /scripts/init-premount
    [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg

    maybe_break mount
    log_begin_msg "Mounting root file system..."

    #### we have no "cmdline" - so we set this manually for nfs!
    ROOT=/dev/nfs
    BOOT=nfs
    #### end of change

    . /scripts/${BOOT}
    parse_numeric ${ROOT}

    mountroot

A bit crude ... but did the job for me.

Stefan.


ragu schrieb:
> Hello,
>
> same to me.-/ Is there a switch using NFS as /
> or anybody who has a cookbook to do this.
> Just now I tried changing things in  /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf to 
> NFS. In ubuntu, 
> there is more to do. Is there anybody with more experience changing root to 
> NFS.  
>
> bye,
> rainer
>
> Am Freitag Oktober 1 2010, um 09:36:09 schrieb Ondrej Valousek:
>   
>>   Exactly the same reason why I also use NFS - and I am sad to see NFS is
>> slowly going out of the scene. Ondrej
>>
>> On 30.09.2010 19:38, Jordan Erickson wrote:
>>     
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> Over the years that Ubuntu started using NBD for the primary client
>>> filesystem, there have been a few bumps in the road. I remember the
>>> primary reasons for switching over was for "security" and a speed boost.
>>> Yet, even these days there seems to be many issues (or at least it seems
>>> to me that there are given the number of messages relating to it on this
>>> list).
>>>
>>> Since about last year this time, I've moved my own office to Debian
>>> Lenny + backports, which uses NFS. I haven't had any problems, and I
>>> enjoy not having to rebuild the filesystem after each change.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I guess I'm just wondering if there are any real benchmarks of
>>> NFS vs. NBD regarding speed, because in my situation, anyway, that's one
>>> of the primary factors in choosing. Also, any other comparison points
>>> would be helpful!
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jordan
>>>       
>
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