On Thu, 4 Apr 1996, John Maier wrote:

> 
> I have poured over the man pages  and have finally figured out how   
> diskless workstations work, for the most part.  I have one last problem,   
> I think, before I can boot, the swap file.
> 
> I have created a swap file, just as the diskless man page instructed.  I   
> have finally got the root to seemingly mount, but then the swap appeases   
> to die.  I got the error...
> panic: nfs_boot: mountd swap, error=72
>
I get this too...I was told it was caused by the inability of some nfs 
servers to mount a file, expecting to have to mount only directories.
 
> Before I got the root problem fixed, I got this error mounting the root.
> 
> Does the swap need to be exportable via nfs?
>
Yes, it (or its directory) should be in /etc/exports as well as in 
/etc/bootparams

 > Any other ideas or foreseeable problems?
> 
I wonder if taking the 'swapon' out of /etc/rc would keep it from looking 
for this swapfile at all?