Re: Kernel boot arguments over network

Mike McQuade, with bold words breaking the horrid silence thus began :

The params you pass in are at the Linux boot prompt,
you see this prompt at the serial term right after
you start the boot process.

 But therefore, the kernel needs a serial console at boot -
 which it doesn't have. With CONF_SERIAL_ECHO, it is possible
 to echo all kernel messages (e.g. the ones you see when linux
 boots) to a serial port, but it's one-way traffic. You cannot
 type anything before the file system is mounted (because you
 need getty or the like to create a serial console).

 The MVME230x series boards have NO harddisk, so using LILO or
 LoadLin doesn't seem possible.

I rmember having to modify one of the C files in the kernel
to make the boot device == NFS, without this mod,
the kernel would panic.

 Doesn't the option 'root=/dev/nfs' do the same ?

do you get anything out the serial port on startup ?

 Yes, the kernel I have (from Gabriel Paubert) gets as far as
 'Now booting...', and then hangs. Does anyone know what phase should 
 be next ?

 Regards,

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  David 'Septimus' De Ridder       [off-list ref] 

"Philosophy is not a supermarket."

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