Subject: Re: Exporting files for netboot
To: David Jones <dej@eecg.toronto.edu>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: current-users
Date: 04/03/1995 20:44:15
On Mon, 3 Apr 1995 14:11:28 -0400
David Jones <dej@eecg.toronto.edu> wrote:
> I want to netboot NetBSD/sun3, with filesystems served from a NetBSD/Amiga
> box. But it appears that NFS on NetBSD can't be used to export files.
>
> Does anyone know how to do this? I want to have /netboot/swap (a 8MB file)
> exported. What should the /etc/exports line look like?
I netboot a sun 3/50 from my hp380.
(line from /etc/exports)
/misc/sun3 -maproot=root -alldirs ovation.sj.xenotropic.com
This allows the sun to mount /misc/sun3/ov/root and /misc/sun3/ov/swap,
and /misc/sun3/usr. Yes, `swap' is an 8mb `zero' file...
Hope this helps you...
Ciao.
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