getting there!

Hey everyone,

Thanks to Grants lifimage I've finally started getting somewhere.

I'm using a linux box as a NFSboot server. The kernel is booting, but when it gets to the point of reading the root file system, I'm getting an error on the nfsservers messages saying: tftp: read:
connection refused.

I'm very new to booting like this, and if it wasn't for the lifimage Grant put up for ftp I doubt I'd be this far.

I have setup nfs, I have exported the file system for the base fs from external etc... but this error of tftp refusing the connection I can't seem to find anything to say what needs to be configured, to get it further.

TIA,

Pete.

I Pete!
I currently try to make a lan boot, and I got the same error. When I set NFSROOT=x.x.x.x:/path/to/nfs/root
it resolves the problem.

http://lists.parisc-linux.org/pipermail/parisc-linux/2000-November/009962.html

Regards,
Matthieu

Matthieu Delahaye
ESIEE Team
http://mkhppa1.esiee.fr/

Hi Matthieu,

I'm just bumbling along with all this ATM. So I'm basically relying the the goodwill and good work done by those on the list.

Suffice to say that I have the HP box booting up linux now, just required I change my network setup to look more like the one expected (configured) in the lifimage.. much less of an issue for me than working out how to configure hte lifimage.

Anyway to add to my tale of woe, I grabbed the serial lifimage from pehc, and with that I configured the HP box to use the esrial port for my console.. much to my dismay I have now found that the cable I have doesn't fit all the way into the serial port on the hp box.. so I can't see ANY thing.. so until I get a serial cable that fits fully into the port.. I'm stuck... :-/

Thanks to grant, willy and a few others in irc the other night too... I'm grateful for you guys answering dumb questions when there are other more important things to sort out. :)

Pete.