On Sat, 2003-05-10 08:56:01 -0700, Michael Anburaj <michaelanburaj@hotmail.com> wrote in message <BAY1-F3AmEaJswFCHOz0000b1d9@hotmail.com>: > Hi, > > >"init" is another thing. Your NFS root should include a /sbin/init or > >or /etc/init or /bin/init or /bin/sh. If none of those exists, you > >loose. > > > For setting up the NFS, I did the following: > 1. exported the /export/RedHat7.1 That's okay. > 2. downloaded MIPS_RedHat7.1_Release-02.00.tar from > ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/linux/mips/installation/redhat7.1/02.00 > > this tar file has the following: > > linux\installation\RedHat7.1\RPMS\mips\ <contains a lot of rpms> > linux\installation\RedHat7.1\RPMS\mipsel\ <contains a lot of rpms> > linux\installation\RedHat7.1\RPMS\noarch\ <contains a lot of rpms> > linux\installation\RedHat7.1\install\ <contains a Makefile, install.list, > install.script> > linux\installation\RedHat7.1\install\root\etc\ <contains inittab, securetty> > linux\installation\RedHat7.1\install\root\etc\sysconfig\ <contains network> > linux\installation\RedHat7.1\install\root\etc\xinetd.d\ <contains telnet, > rlogin, rsh,rexec, hosts> > > & some more files. > > Now tell me what should be extracted to my NFS export /export/RedHat7.1 > (along with their relative path info.). Well, I think you should start reaing the files in the install path (Makefile, install.list etc.). You should also notice that with Linux you've got '/' as path separator, not DOSsish '\'. Basically, I *think* your board is big endian, so you need to unpack everything from the mips and the noarch directory. After that, there should be: /export/Redhat7.1/sbin/init /export/Redhat7.1/bin/sh ...and all the other files. > Also let me know what path to be passed on to the kernel as parameter to > nfsroot= > Is it simply /export/Redhat7.1? nfsroot=ser.ver.ip.addr:/export/Redhat7.1 > Another question: I don't see a init file in the tar. or is inittab > similar? Is this "MIPS_RedHat7.1_Release-02.00.tar" tar file the right file If you'd cared to look into that file, it's only a plain text file, no executable file. So these are different things. > & the only file that is needed for now; that has the right stuff in it? Or Possibly. I've got no chance to look into it and to now you haven't posted a URL from which I can get that file's contents... > do I need to get the right file from a different tar file? Maybe. Maybe not. Depends... MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier Bürger" | im Internet! | im Irak! ret = do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(IRAQ_WAR_2 | DRM | TCPA));
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