[Solved] Network booting

[BuffaloM]

Has anyone set up netbooting on an oxnas pogoplug? Searching iPXE didn't come up with anything, but I thought I'd ask in case there was a way I didn't know to search for. I'd rather not have to spin up a harddrive if I don't have to.

[WarheadsSE]

uboot + tftp + nfs.

[BuffaloM]

Thanks. This gave me the starting point I was looking for.

[BuffaloM]

So...
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '>>setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=192.168.0.1:/var/exports/pogoplug-root console=ttyS0,115200 elevator=cfq mem=128M
>>tftp 61000000 uImage.nopci
>>bootm 61000000')

Results in this message and then a kernel panic:
VFS: cannot open root device "nfs" or unknown-block(0,255)

Do I need to compile a new kernel? I thought before I start down that path I'd ask (since it won't be tonight).

[WarheadsSE]

Hmm, true.. I just realized I don't have NFS built in.

[BuffaloM]

I'm reasonable close at this point. There's still some work to do because it's not able to actually load the root filesystem over nfs. I see it making a mount request in the server's log, but it's too late to debug. In case anyone else is trying to figure this out at some point in the future and I forget to give a full status update, at least here's what helped so far.

I started with WareheadSE's PRO.config file and:

added
CONFIG_ROOT_NFS=y
CONFIG_IP_PNP=y
CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="gmac_copro_firmware"
CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/var/exports/progoplug-root/lib/firmware/"

changed
CONFIG_SYNOPSYS_GMAC=m
to
CONFIG_SYNOPSYS_GMAC=y

and I also unset CONFIG_PCI


Then I cross-compiled a new uImage against the modified .config

There were also some additional options needed in the uBoot
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
setenv ipaddr 192.168.0.3
setenv serverip 192.168.0.2
setenv gatewayip 192.168.0.1
setenv netmask 255.255.255.0
setenv hostname pogoplug
setenv ip ip=${ipaddr}:${serverip}:${gatewayip}:${netmask}:${hostname}:eth0:off
setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=${serverip}:/var/exports/pogoplug-root console=ttyS0,115200 mem=128M
')

[BuffaloM]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BuffaloM', 'I')'m reasonable close at this point. There's still some work to do because it's not able to actually load the root filesystem over nfs.

[BuffaloM]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BuffaloM', '
')There were also some additional options needed in the uBoot