Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 19 May 1996 21:20:46 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Jacek Zapala <> | Subject | Re: Problem with RootNFS |
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On Wed, 15 May 1996, Bartlomiej Czardybon wrote:
> On Tue, 14 May 1996, Jacek Zapala wrote: > > > On Mon, 13 May 1996, Bartlomiej Czardybon wrote: > > > > > is it possible to have swapfile mounted on rootnfs ? How to ? Any HOWTO ? > > > > > > > I have seen such a patch in some (old!) package for booting from a bootrom. > > Here is a lsm: > > Begin3 > > Title: netboot-nfs > > Version: 1.2 > > Entered-date: 04 Mar 1995 > > Description: This package allows booting of a diskless computer over a > > network, mounting the root filesystem via NFS and using a > > swap file on a NFS filesystem. It includes the necessary > > patches for Linux kernel 1.1.92, and tools to boot a disk- > > less computer. > > Keywords: booting, boot-rom, swap, root-fs, nfs, diskless > > Author: gero@gkminix.han.de (Gero Kuhlmann) > > jhonan@jolt.mpx.com.au (Jamie Honan) > > Maintained-by: gero@gkminix.han.de (Gero Kuhlmann) > > Primary-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/Linux-boot > > 189kB netboot-nfs.tar.gz > > 1082 netboot-nfs.lsm > > Alternate-site: > > Original-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/Linux-boot > > netboot.zoo > > Platform: MSDOS C-compiler and assembler necessary for recompiling boot > > rom when not using a WD80*3 network interface card (for which > > binaries are included) > > Copying-policy: GPL > > End > > > > > > Bye, > > > > Jacek > Dzieki Jacek. > But tell me, why isn't it in mainstream kernel ? If it is good. > Well: if rootnfs in 1.3.100 doesnot support swap on nfs, and above > patches suppport it, so tell me why not to use these patches as part of > distribution kernel ?
I'm nor author of these patches nor Linus Torvalds :-) I really don't know (nie mam bladego pojecia).
Jacek
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