<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>NFS-Root mini-HOWTO</TITLE> <LINK HREF="NFS-Root-1.html" REL=next> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="NFS-Root-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents <HR> <H1>NFS-Root mini-HOWTO</H1> <H2><I>not maintained</I></H2>V9, 20 September 2002 <P><HR> <EM>This mini-HOWTO tries explains how to set up a ``diskless'' Linux workstation, which mounts its root filesystems via NFS. The newest version of this mini-HOWTO can always be found at <A HREF="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/NFS-Root.html">http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/NFS-Root.html</A> or a Linux Documentation Project mirror NEAR YOU.</EM> <HR> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="NFS-Root-1.html">Copyright</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="NFS-Root-1.html#ss1.1">1.1 Contributors</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="NFS-Root-2.html">General Overview</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="NFS-Root-3.html">Setup on the server</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="NFS-Root-3.html#ss3.1">3.1 Compiling the kernels</A> <LI><A HREF="NFS-Root-3.html#ss3.2">3.2 Creation of the root filesystem</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="NFS-Root-4.html">Booting the workstation</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="NFS-Root-4.html#ss4.1">4.1 Using a boot ROM</A> <LI><A HREF="NFS-Root-4.html#ss4.2">4.2 Using a raw kernel disk</A> <LI><A HREF="NFS-Root-4.html#ss4.3">4.3 Using a bootloader & <EM>RARP</EM></A> <LI><A HREF="NFS-Root-4.html#ss4.4">4.4 Using a bootloader without <EM>RARP</EM></A> <LI><A HREF="NFS-Root-4.html#ss4.5">4.5 Sample kernel command lines</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="NFS-Root-5.html">Known problems</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="NFS-Root-5.html#ss5.1">5.1 /sbin/init doesn't start.</A> <LI><A HREF="NFS-Root-5.html#ss5.2">5.2 /dev troubles.</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="NFS-Root-6.html">Other resources</A></H2> <HR> <A HREF="NFS-Root-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents </BODY> </HTML>