While on some systems (like Fedora) rpc_pipefs is mounted automatically when sunrpc module is loaded, on Debian based systems it needs to be mounted manually. --- dracut-008.orig/modules.d/95nfs/nfsroot 2011-02-17 12:40:03.247151995 +0100 +++ dracut-008/modules.d/95nfs/nfsroot 2011-02-17 12:39:59.497151996 +0100 @@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ [ -x /sbin/rpcbind ] && [ -z "$(pidof rpcbind)" ] && rpcbind if [ "$nfs" = "nfs4" ]; then + [ ! -d /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs ] && \ + mount -t rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs + # Start rpc.statd as mount won't let us use locks on a NFSv4 # filesystem without talking to it. NFSv4 does locks internally, # rpc.lockd isn't needed -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe initramfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html