linux-kernel - Re: Mounting NFS root FS

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Message-Id: <1165246177.711.179.camel@lade.trondhjem.org>
Date:	Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:29:37 -0500
From:	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>
To:	Janne Karhunen <janne.karhunen@...il.com>
Cc:	MrUmunhum@...dial.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Mounting NFS root FS

On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 13:51 +0200, Janne Karhunen wrote:
> On 12/2/06, William Estrada <MrUmunhum@...dial.com> wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> >   I have been trying to make FC5's kernel do a boot
> > with an NFS root file system.  I see the support is in the
> > kernel(?).
> 
> Is this really properly possible (with read/write access and
> locking in place)? AFAIK NFS client lock state data seems
> to require persistent storage .. ?

1) Yes, but not on the root partition (unless you use an initrd to start
rpc.statd before mounting the NFS partition).

2) NFS provides persistent storage.

Trond

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