Thanks for your reply Scott.
I haven't done this in a long time but do your workstation kernels have root nfs in them? config_root_nfs This could be obsolete these days.
Yes, at least with Centos5 and fedora6 (2.6.18 kernels are what I am testing with on both distros), i have configured the Root File System Support via the "make menuconfig" option.
The following were the changes I made to the kernel:
1. Networking-> Networking options * IP Level autoconfiguration * IP DHCP * IP Bootp * IP Rarp (enabled = *)
2. Device Drivers-> Network device Support-> Ethernet 10/100Mbit -> nForce (my nVidia NIC)
3. File Systems -> Network File Systems * NFS File System Support (changed from M to *) * Root FS on NFS
.... I had to also disable on option: "Provide NFS Client Caching Support" - the only reason is because, after I performed Steps 1-3 and attempt to recompile the kernel, I had some make compile error that pertained to FS cache; in searching/googling it was recommended to disable this option. Upon disabling, the compile completed without error.
... I have also just completed setting up a FEDORA 6 Root-NFS kernel and root directory - and upon booting, I still get the same problems as the prior mentioned CentOS5. Both are of the 2.6.18 kernel base, and both give that same value: "sec=null" ... when the root NFS is mounted.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
Vince