Hi,

I have a diskless computer trying to load a kernel remotely from a Linux Server. I have DHCP, TFTP, and NFSROOT setup on my server.I am using a pxe bootloader to load my kernel...heres the problem...

When the kernel loads i get the following error message:
"
...
VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL> or unknown-block(8,2)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,2)
"

The kernel booting proceedure hangs on this screen.

The NFSROOT installation that i am exporting is located at /NFSROOT/kerrighed on my machine and i have created a base system in YaST using the "install into a directory" tool. What modifications to i need to make to this base system so that it will complete booting the kernel and mount the appriate NFS export as its root?

Hopefully i have made my problem clear and someone can help me solve this urgent problem.

Many thanks for your help

(P.S. i am using SUSE Enterprise Server 10 SP1 x86_64)