mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu wrote:

> dan@cowboy-burt 251 # more /etc/bootparams 
> 10.0.0.4        root=10.0.0.5:/usr/sy-borg/root \
>         swap=10.0.0.5:/usr/sy-borg/swap \
>         dump=10.0.0.5:/usr/sy-borg/swap

I'm pretty sure that bootparams isn't used at all any more.  Adding
"options NFS_BOOT_BOOTPARAM" to your config file might work, but I
dunno when is was last tested.

> dan@cowboy-burt 252 # ls /usr/sy-borg/root
> .profile  dev       kern      mnt2      sysinst   usr
> bin       etc       mnt       sbin      tmp
> 
> dan@cowboy-burt 253 # ls -l /usr/sy-borg/swap 
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  16777216 Jul 21 16:30 /usr/sy-borg/swap
> 
> dan@cowboy-burt 254 # more /etc/exports 
> /usr/sy-borg/root -maproot=root 10.0.0.4
> /usr/sy-borg/swap -maproot=root 10.0.0.4
> /usr/sy-borg/usr -maproot=root 10.0.0.4
> /usr/sy-borg/home -maproot=root 10.0.0.4
> 
> dan@cowboy-burt 256 # more /etc/bootptab
> sy-borg:\
>         :ht=ethernet:ha=08002b1a8019:\
>         :ip=10.0.0.4:sm=255.255.0.0:\
>         :sa=10.0.0.5:bf=install:

Add ":rp=/usr/sy-borg/root:" and you should be right.

Simon.