<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I'm trying to set up my PS3 to netboot (with an nfsroot).<br><br>I'm using instructions at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ps3-howto/ps3-nfs-root-howto.txt<br><br>I've
passed section 3 (using tftp) to verify network /dhcp etc. (i.e. I'm
able to tftp-get a file to ps3 from kboot's ash shell (busybox).<br><br>i'm trying to mount the nfs server as per section 4. with<br><pre> ~# mount -t nfs -o nolock 192.168.99.1:/target /mnt/remote<br><br>I get the following error message:<br> mount: mounting 192.168.99.1:/target on /mnt/remote failed<br><br>if I boot the PS3 from the HD, then I am able to mount the nfs directory.<br>Using wireshark, I can see the initial dhcp traffic, (and when present the tftp traffic).<br>the mount command doesn't open a network connection to the server, <br>So I have pretty much ruled out server<br> configuration.<br><br>running "strings" on the decompressed kboot image yeilds serveral nfs symbols, so it <br>appears to still support nfs mounting. (using version kboot-20080609.bld from geoff's dir at kernel.org)<br></pre>I have tried googling, and searching the various mailing lists, but am stuck.<span style="font-family: monospace;"><br><br>any help would be
appreciated<br>GT<br></span></td></tr></table><br>