Linux Kernel in a Nutshell

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nfsroot — Specifies the NFS root filesystem.

Synopsis

nfsroot=[server-ip :]root-dir[,nfs-options]

Set the NFS root filesystem for diskless boxes, to enable them to boot properly over NFS. If this parameter is not set, the value /tftpboot/ client_ip_address will be used as the root filesystem with the default NFS options.

server-ip: IP address of the NFS server to connect to.
root-dir: Directory on the NFS server to mount as root. If there is a %s token in this string, it will be replaced with the ASCII representation of the client's IP address.
nfs-options: The standard NFS options, such as ro, separated by commas.

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