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alo knoppix gurus! und hello, i really need your help please!

sorry my german studies are so far i'm not able to speak german correctly, i think it's better for you i speak english lol


are there knoppix specialists speaking english? i hope so

let me explain my problem

i would like to boot this livecd version over my network on my pxe server

my pxe server is running for ubuntu, clonezilla, and other stuff, working well

my problem is to make knoppix work...

as mentionned on knoppix's website, i've used the terminal server to obtain the kernel image and the minirt.gz file, and stored them on my pxe, and added an entry in my pxelinux/default:

label knoppix
kernel /knoppix/linux
append nfsdir=192.168.0.63:/var/lib/tftboot/knoppix nodhcp lang=us vga=791 initrd=/knoppix/minirt.gz BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix

when i select knoppix in the menu of pxe boot, knoppix loads kernel, and minirt.gz, knoppix starts to boot, installs my network card
but stops after with this mouting error message:

trying to mount cd on 192.168.0.63:/var/lib/tftpboot/knoppix... mount 192.168.0.63:/var/lib/tftpboot/knoppix /mnt-system -o ro,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,hard,nolock,intr
failed
this should have succeeded failed
please enter nfs directory path (aka "192.168.0.1:/mnt-system"):


i've check my nfs share with success with another computer under ubuntu
i've tried this pxe boot with 2 laptops with the same error

at this time when i try 3 times to enter the path of the nfs share, th init script stops and i remain on a sh shell

under this shell, the same mounting command does not work: protocol not supported

my pxe server is configured with nfs v1, v2 and v3, and knoppix seems to use v3

so i'm stopped by a nfs mounting problem of the minirt.gz boot and init script

i've uncompressed and opened the minirt.gz init's script, but everything seems to be ok in it, it's like the minirt.gz system could not mount a nfs share

it seems to b a real bug no?

is there a real strong smart cute knoppix guru to help me please? not necessary do it but help me to point to the right direction??

thanks in advance

sandy