Syslinux - Nov 2002 - Local Kernel nfs

Hy 

Can you tell me how i can say syslinux that the Kernel should be load the
filesystem from a server?

Is that possible with the syslinux.cfg

timeout 0
append root=/dev/nfs ip=bootp
# append initrd=rootimg.gz 

?

Should i load the file to first or should i load syslinux at first?

Can i load a linux kernel on a partion with 31 MB? 

cheers Julian

Sorry for my bad english! 

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Hi,

Julian Wieder <J.Wieder at gmx.de> schrieb am 26.11.02
16:06:44:
> Can you tell me how i can say syslinux that the Kernel should be load the
> filesystem from a server?
It is, and works like a charm. One way: Configure the kernel for IP autoconfig
and nfsroot,
and give 'nfsroot=<server-ip>:<nfsroot-dir> ip=dhcp' to the
kernel. For this you should have
dhcp and nfs configured correctly.
> Is that possible with the syslinux.cfg
It seems you mix pxelinux with syslinux. syslinux is for booting from floppy,
pxelinux is
for booting from pxe-enabled network cards. You usually would boot the client
via the
pxe-enabled card & pxelinux to get the kernel, and then try the above for
nfsroot.
> Should i load the file to first or should i load syslinux at first?
You can't 'load' syslinux, it is the boot loader and thus loaded
before you can do anything.
syslinux is the one that displays the boot:-prompt ...
> Can i load a linux kernel on a partion with 31 MB? 
I don't understand what you want to do. Please tell more details.

Regards,

Josef

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