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/net. You might want to make sure you’re specifying NFSv3 when accessing /net if you’re doing a separate mount from it.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Unfortunately I don’t have the full details of what I saw because it wasn’t relevant to the issue I was investigating.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org" target="_blank">ale-bounces@ale.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org" target="_blank">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sergio Chaves<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 08, 2015 5:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ale] CentOS 7 Net Install - /dev/root not found<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p>Not on initial boot. <br>
Just got home and will do it later on tonight. I will post the results. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Dec 8, 2015 2:54 PM, "Jim Kinney" <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com" target="_blank">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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I have an old server where I plan to install CentOS 7 for my certification exams. The DVD player is broken and I am trying to do a Net Install using a USB CD player.<u></u><u></u></p>
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Everything works up to the point where the system says that file system mounted OK. After a minute or so, it drops to a dracut shell with a .txt file generated (cannot remember the name now).<u></u><u></u></p>
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File says /dev/root not found. I changed the hd:LABEL to /dev/sr0, /dev/cdrom, etc. but with same results<u></u><u></u></p>
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Googling returns several other options. After trying a half a dozen of them, I gave up.<u></u><u></u></p>
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I am wondering if anyone has a real solution for this, please let me know as my frustration level is rising quite rapidly. As an FYI, I do not have a "boot from USB" option.<u></u><u></u></p>
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I know I can buy a USB-DVD but I really would like to figure this one out. <u></u><u></u></p>
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