NFS-Root-Client Mini-HOWTO

Ofer Maor

v4.1, 02 Feb, 1999

Revision History
Revision 4.1	Feb 02, 1999	Revised by: mo

The purpose of this Mini-Howto is to explain how to create client root directories on a server that is using NFS Root mounted clients.

Table of Contents

1. Copyright

1.1. Thanks

2. Preface

2.1. General Overview

3. Creating the client's root directory

3.1. Creating the directory tree
3.2. Creating the minimal file system needed for boot
3.3. Building the etc directory and configuring the clients
3.4. Booting Up

4. Creating more clients

1. Copyright

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If you have questions, please contact Ofer Maor (<oferm@hcs.co.il>), the author of this mini-HOWTO, or Greg Hankins, the Linux HOWTO coordinator, at <gregh@sunsite.unc.edu> via email, or at +1 404 853 9989.

If you have anything to add to this Mini-Howto, please mail the author (Ofer Maor, <oferm@hcs.co.il>), with the information. Any new relevant information would be appreciated.

1.1. Thanks

I would like to express my thanks to the author of the NFS-Root Howto, Andreas Kostyrca (<andreas@medman.ag.or.at>). His Mini-Howto helped me with the first steps in creating a NFS Root Mounted client. My Mini-Howto does not, in any way, try to replace his work, but to enhance it using my experiences in this process.

I would also like to thank Mark Kushinsky (<mark026@ibm.net>) for polishing the english and spelling of this Howto, thus making it much more readable.

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