On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 03:38:09PM -0800, Alex Zepeda wrote:
> I did a little google search, and it appears that I'm supposed to be able 
> to mount an nfs filesystem as root... however if I tell the boooter to 
> prompt me for a root device and I enter:
> 
> nfs:10.0.0.2:/usr/home/NetBSD/root

You need to set up a DHCP server on your PC and then use a boot
device of "sn0" (assuming that you're using the internal ethernet).
The DHCP server should have your network configuration, root device,
etc.  This will all be keyed off the hardware address of your
on-board ethernet (which is displayed when you boot).

For example, you might have something like the following in your
/etc/dhcpd.conf on the PC:

host q650 {
 hardware ethernet 00:60:97:56:F1:0A;
 fixed-address 10.0.0.3;
 option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
 option routers 10.0.0.1;
 server-name "pc";
 option root-path "/usr/home/NetBSD/root";
}

-allen

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