NFS-Root boot for Vip1710

[Rene]

Hi all,

I wonder if anyone has a booted the vip1710 to use a remote nfs-root instead of the usb-stick? I could not find (or i was looking in the wrong place) any guide on how to do this the proper way..

[Rene]

I was succesful with booting on an nfs-root. I will update a wiki at some point, and then i'll link it here.

[mentox]

which type of vip do you have?

i have one with flash and must boot from it

[Rene]

My box is the flashless version..

I wonder if it's possible to force a flash-version to boot over tftp?

[mentox]

i think it is now possible..
but how can i try it?

[Rene]

First you need to create an nfs-exportable directory. You have to name it extract like below

Code:

/tftpboot/192.168.5.30

The directory is the IP of your vip-1710
You have then to extract a rootdisk.tar.gz, and put it inside the directory above

Then you need to setup nfs
/etc/exports

Code:

/tftpboot/192.168.5.30  192.168.5.0/255.255.255.0(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash,no_all_squash)

You also you need to set up a tftp-server where the vip will find the debug-kernel (that you can create yourself by compiling it with this package: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vip15x0-...aTV%203.3/). You can also download the default debug-kernel from here: http://files.hertell.com/vip1710/kernel-debug.pre

Be sure to either create a symlink named kernel-1710, or then just rename the file to kernel-1710 in the tftp-root.

[mentox]

out of the box it dosent work :-(

the vip make no tftp request

so i must work with an usb stick

[Rene]

I wonder if you can change something in proddata?

[mentox]

i dont know what you mean..

i can change the stuff on the flash .. but it is dangerous

or do you mean that i can enable tftp boot?

[Rene]

I ordered a bunch of boxes to forum-users in Finland, and i took some extra boxes too. I will check my theory about upgrading the default-kernel i a flash-box to the debug-kernel version. This kernel will boot from a tftp-server.

Now it just depends how quick pollin will ship them to me so that i can test :-)