[K12OSN] Re: Dell Client boot trouble - NEWBIE - More info

[Mark Gumprecht]

Kevin,
All the NFS errors I've had thus far dealt with the packet size. The 2.6 
kernel creates a larger packet, so if you have a gig nic in the server 
and a gig switch and a 10/100 client, the nfs times out.
This may or may not be the case, but if it is, try Jim's fix;
http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/NFS
Or you can just swap the gig switch for a 10/100.
HTH
Mark


kevin_haugh at redlands.k12.ca.us wrote:

> Thanks for the replies so far.  Here are the details of error I get on 
> the client during boot...
>
> Mounting root filestystem: /opt/ltsp/i386 from: 192.168.0.254
> mount: RPC: unable to receive; errno = Connection refused
> mount: nfsmount failed: Bad file descriptor
> NFS: mount program didn't pass remote address!
> mount: Mounting 192.168.0.254:/opt/ltsp/i386 on /mnt failed: invalid 
> argument
>
> ERROR! Faild to mount the root directory via NFS!
> Possible reasons include:
> 1) NFS services may not be running on the server
> 2) Workstation IP does not map to a hostname, either in /etc/hosts, or 
> in DNS
> 3) Wrong address for NFS server in DHCP config file
> 4) Wrong pathname for root directory in the DHCP config file
>
> Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
>
> Any ideas?
>
> I removed the additions I had made to /etc/export and /etc/fstab 
> received the same error.
>
> Thanks again for any help!
>
> -Kevin
>
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Mark Gumprecht
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