[PLUG] Getting NFS root to work...

[plug_0 at robinson-west.com]

It could be that the VA503+ motherboard or bios is not NFS 
root compatible, I sure hope this isn't the case.

NFS boot gets to freeing kernel memory and stops on my VA503+,
but it keeps going on my D845PEBT2 just fine and starts 
beautifully.  There is an irq routing issue on the VA503+, I've
tried syslinux and mknbi-linux where I'm wondering if 
a special kernel paramenter is needed to get the VA503+ 
to NFS boot.  I'm using 2.4.25 patched to 2.4.26 from kernel.org 
and NFS booting Redhat 7.3.  I tested the memory with memtest, it
came up fine.  The ltsp4 boot doesn't freeze on the VA503+, I 
wonder what's different?  I tried switching to an FA311, no 
difference.  The processor is a K6-2 300.  I wonder if switching 
to a Pentium would help?  There are no errors, it just stops 
booting after it frees kernel memory.  I don't want to use an 
expensive Pentium 4 for a remote wireless router, I want 
something that's cheap, throw away, and preferably low power.
Heat tolerant wouldn't hurt either.  It has to take a 100 foot 
ethernet cable connecting it to my server room and an Alan 
Rothberg Cantenna, see http://www.etherdesigns.com.

   --  Michael C. Robinson


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