--- /usr/share/genkernel/generic/initrd.scripts.orig    2009-03-17 19:44:39.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/share/genkernel/generic/initrd.scripts 2009-03-18 12:37:20.000000000 +0100
@@ -260,8 +260,14 @@
                                        bad_msg "NFS Mounting failed. Is the path corrent ?"
                                fi
                        else
-                               good_msg "Attempting to mount NFS root on ${NFSROOT}"
-                               mount -t nfs -o ro,nolock,rsize=1024,wsize=1024 ${NFSROOT} ${NEW_ROOT}
+                               NFSOPTIONS=${NFSROOT#*,}
+                               NFSROOT=${NFSROOT%%,*}
+                               if [ "${NFSOPTIONS}" = "${NFSROOT}" ]
+                               then
+                                       NFSOPTIONS="ro,nolock,rsize=1024,wsize=1024"
+                               fi
+                               good_msg "Attempting to mount NFS root on ${NFSROOT} with options ${NFSOPTIONS}"
+                               mount -t nfs -o ${NFSOPTIONS} ${NFSROOT} ${NEW_ROOT}
                                if [ "$?" = '0' ]
                                then
                                        REAL_ROOT="/dev/nfs"