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Date:      Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:10:01 +1000 (EST)
From:      lukem.freebsd@cse.unsw.edu.au
To:        Nash Nipples <trashy_bumper@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Trouble booting NFS root
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.62.0606021053550.2594@wagner.orchestra.cse.unsw.EDU.AU>
In-Reply-To: <20060601083159.59010.qmail@web36305.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References:  <20060601083159.59010.qmail@web36305.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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> make sure you have this: -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel diskless_root/etc/rc

> diskless_root/etc/rc:
> /bin/sh #which points your rc file to shell so that you are your own rc!

While that is a useful tip, the NFS trace shows that the kernel doesn't 
even try to read any files. The last thing that gets read by anything is 
/etc/fstab, however it seems most likely that fstab was read by the 
bootloader rather than the kernel proper.

-- 
Luke



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