Bootstrapping your embedded target to boot from RootNFS can significantly speed up and enhance your development environment.

To install a NFS server on your Ubuntu development box run:

sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server

To export a directory by NFS (Network File System) as your root filesystem, edit your /etc/exports configuration file and add:

/home/<homedir>/export 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw,no_root_squash,no_all_squash,sync,no_subtree_check)

To apply the changes, execute:

sudo service nfs-kernel-server restart