On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Todd Vierling wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Greg Ingram wrote:
> 
> : My DHCP/NFS server runs Linux and normally I'd see some messages about a
> : mount request, but I don't see anything related to NFS.  I'm curious that
> : this kernel reboots while the first one doesn't.  Could that tell us
> : something?  I guess there's no way to catch the last few messages without
> : a serial console.  Hmm... maybe a VCR.  Anyway, what does the kernel
> : _want_ to mount for root?  Will it try /tftpboot/<host> or /tftpboot/<IP>?
> : Or does it need something compiled in?
> 
> It needs a "root-path" parameter in the dhcpd.conf file.  This option
> indicates where the root directory is.

Aha!  I searched for "root" in "man dhcpd.conf" but didn't find anything.  
I was really thinking I'd need bootparamd or whatnot.  I finally found the
details in "man dhcp-options".

Oh, and I was able boot the DC once but it's stuck now.  But it did mount
root via NFS.  I only installed Saitoh's binaries (/bin, /sbin, and /usr).  
I made /kern, /tmp, and /mnt.  I need /dev, /etc and /var.  Can I grab
those from any NetBSD 1.5 installation?  Anything else critical missing?

- Greg