[parisc-linux] nfsroot howto

[Thierry SIMONNET]

I have created special devices, but there is the same error. I've set
CONFIG_APRICOT too, without success.

Th. SIMONNET

----- Original Message -----
From: Grant Grundler <grundler@cup.hp.com>
To: <parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 3:49 AM
Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] nfsroot howto


>
> Thierry SIMONNET (t.simonnet@esiee.fr) wrote:
> | I have a 712/60 Workstation as NFS server and a 712/80 as parisc-linux
box.
> | I have some trouble with nfsroot :bootp and tftp process works but
> | IP-Config says : IP-Config : No Network device available.
>
> Thierry,
> I think the problem is you are using HP-UX. :^)
> No, really.
>
> I'm pretty sure HP-UX "mknod" creates the special devices *differently*
> than parisc-linux wants to interpret them.
> HP-UX dev_t is 8 bits Major and 24 bits Minor.
> Linux dev_t is 8 bits Major and  8 bits Minor. (according to willy)
>
> Give HP-UX mknod "cooked" parameters in order to create the
> special device file linux can use. I might not have cooked
> them correctly below....I haven't tried it out yet.
>
> Please try:
> o cd /tftpboot/<host>/dev
> o rm -f *
> o sh mknod.hpux  # appended below
>
> and then try again.
>
> grant
>
>
> mknod console c 0 0x0501
> mknod tty0 c 0 0x0400
> mknod tty1 c 0 0x0401
> mknod tty2 c 0 0x0402
> mknod tty3 c 0 0x0403
> mknod tty4 c 0 0x0404
> mknod tty5 c 0 0x0405
> mknod tty6 c 0 0x0406
> mknod tty7 c 0 0x0407
> mknod tty8 c 0 0x0408
> mknod vcs0 c 0 0x0700
> mknod vcs1 c 0 0x0701
> mknod vcs2 c 0 0x0702
> mknod vcs3 c 0 0x0703
> mknod vcs4 c 0 0x0704
> mknod vcs5 c 0 0x0705
> mknod vcs6 c 0 0x0706
> mknod vcs7 c 0 0x0707
> mknod vcs8 c 0 0x0708
> mknod vcsa c 0 0x0780
> mknod vcsa1 c 0 0x0781
> mknod vcsa2 c 0 0x0782
> mknod vcsa3 c 0 0x0783
> mknod vcsa4 c 0 0x0784
> mknod vcsa5 c 0 0x0785
> mknod vcsa6 c 0 0x0786
> mknod vcsa7 c 0 0x0787
> mknod vcsa8 c 0 0x0788
>
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