Hi Cory,

I've had some experience with NFS problems using Linux.  I can 
add to this thread that I have been able to netboot NetBSD 
pmax and/or vax from Slackware 3.5, Redhat 5.1, and Debian 2.0, 
but not Debian 2.1 or RedHat 6.x.  Some have suggested to me that 
the solution on the newer kernels is to take the kernel nfsd 
support out, and re-install the older version of NFS.  However,
since I now have several pmax machines to netboot from, I haven't
tried that yet ;)

   - Doug

P.S. - Word is out that Alan Cox plans to fix knfsd to be 
compatible with NetBSD and Solaris in one of the next kernel
releases.  With current versions such as 2.2.12 or so, 
you cannot mount a RedHat mount point from NetBSD.



On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 Cory.Bajus@mts.mb.ca wrote:

> Thank you all for your responses.  I tried using a shorter pathname on my linux machine for the NFS root directory - didn't seem to help (same error as before).  Good idea, though.  I am guessing that this is one of the standard linux NFS
> problems.  For now, I will probably wait until I have another NetBSD machine to help this one along.  Or maybe try using another machine to write a miniroot disk image for the DS (I have a few spare RZ28's kicking around).  The instructions
> mention using 'rawrite' on an MS-DOS system to do this - is this really possible?
> 
> As for the framebuffer message - I didn't realize the framebuffer could detect there is no monitor connected.  I will try connecting one and see if the message goes away (there is a VR297 here, which I believe is a good match for the
> PMAG-BA).  There are messages further on in the diagnostics that indicate the keyboard and pointer are not connected, which I chose to ignore for the time being.  If connecting the monitor doesn't help, I will try connecting these.
> 
> Thanks again for the help...
> 
> Cory.
> 
>