On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 17:04 -0700, Trond Myklebust wrote: > On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 23:17 +0200, Julius wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > im trying to get a client boot from my server via nfs. but it fails > > with: > > > > Root-NFS: Server returned error -93 while > > mounting /nfs-exports/pxeclient > > > > the client uses a vanilla 2.6.24.7 kernel with these settings: > > <*> NFS file system support > > [*] Provide NFSv3 client support > > [*] Provide client support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension > > [*] Root file system on NFS > > [*] Support for rpcbind versions 3 & 4 (EXPERIMENTAL) > > > > > > full config: > > http://metalfan2.me.funpic.de/.config > > > > > > kernel append line: > > append root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.11.3:/nfs-exports/pxeclient ip=dhcp > > > > > > the system successfully boots the kernel via syslinux and requests its > > ip via dhcp > > > > > > server: > > rpcinfo -p localhost > > program vers proto port > > 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper > > 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper > > 100024 1 udp 54039 status > > 100024 1 tcp 57693 status > > 100005 3 udp 48497 mountd > > 100005 3 tcp 34406 mountd > > 100003 2 udp 2049 nfs > > 100003 3 udp 2049 nfs > > 100003 4 udp 2049 nfs > > 100021 1 udp 47061 nlockmgr > > 100021 3 udp 47061 nlockmgr > > 100021 4 udp 47061 nlockmgr > > 100003 2 tcp 2049 nfs > > 100003 3 tcp 2049 nfs > > 100003 4 tcp 2049 nfs > > 100021 1 tcp 54896 nlockmgr > > 100021 3 tcp 54896 nlockmgr > > 100021 4 tcp 54896 nlockmgr > > > > nfs-utils-1.1.0 > > > > > > > > Any ideas whats wrong? > > I believe that the default is to try mounting NFSv2, unless you > explicitly add the 'v3' option. Try something like > > append root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.11.3:/nfs-exports/pxeclient,v3 ip=dhcp > > > Cheers > Trond Okay, ive used the append line above and now it mounts the root filesystem. But it takes ages, looks like the requests time out. Theres no firewall between the server/client. Heres a tshark capture(330Kbyte) from power on to mount root and some of the following timeouts: http://metalfan2.me.funpic.de/nfsd.capture2 ive used the filter !tftp and saved it Julius -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html