On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 05:34:46PM +0000, Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > So you are evidently right. Pity. The howto suggests anything over > 2.2.16 supports nfs. Yup, the kernel does support it, _if_ you choose to include it into the compilation. I think it just missed in that kernel.
> I did recently apt-get kernel-image 2.4.18-1-k6 (actually via aptitude), > but it doesn't boot correctly, so I continue with the 2.2.20. What's was the problem? Have you set it up correctly (I mean initrd-tools is not enough, you have to specify the initrd.img in your bootloader configuration - probably in lilo.conf). > I suppose I could try dist-upgrade. I know that nfs works out of the > box in Sid, Just to be clear: dist-upgrade would give you Sarge on a Woody box, which is under testing. > Someone will probably tell > me to compile a kernel, but I've wasted days reading howtos and going > through configurations I understand about 10% of, only to get unusable > kernels, so I'm not inclined to go that route. It's not that hard, but you are right, it would be easier to install an image from deb than compile your one. Cheers, GCS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
