Boot over NFS

 

• Setting up the Nfs server

1. Install the following packages

1. sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server nfs-common portmap

• Modify the /etc/exports file 

1. Add the folder name at the end of file for exporting

2. /home/john/angstrom/bbxm/targetNFS *(rw,nohide,insecure,no_subtree_check,async,no_root_squash)

• Restart the NFS server

1. sudo /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart

• Setting up the uboot parameters to load the nfs filesystem,  place it in the uEnv.txt file

1. ipaddr=192.168.0.10

2. serverip=192.168.0.111

3. nfspath=/home/arun/beagleboard/rootfs