root over nfs problems

[Nick Couchman <nick@seakr.com>]

I'm having some issues with mounting a root filesystem over NFS.  Maybe 
somebody can help me out (even if it is telling me that it isn't a 
kernel issue and I need to look elsewhere).  I have a server running the 
XFS filesystem.  I have a directory (/usr/local/diskless/base) shared 
out that has a basic linux install in it.  DHCP, TFTP, and NFS are 
(appear to be) working.  When I go to boot the diskless client, it loads 
the kernel up until the following point:


VFS: Mounted root (nfs filesystem).
Mounted devfs on /dev
Freeing unused kernel memory: 304k freed

At this point the computer just stops and doesn't do anything.  The 
syslogs on the server indicate a succesful authentication and mount of 
that directory, and there are no additional messages.

Ideas?  Is there somewhere else I should look?

--Nick

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Nick Couchman
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