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To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: diskless workstation
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Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> > ok, once i compiled a kernel with options BOOTP things got better ;-)
> > it worked several times, but now it boots ok, (pxe->dhcp->tftpboot->nfs)
> > but after it re-configures the ethernet, the ethernet stops working!
> >
> > ponters anyone?
> 
> You can't run dhclient (DHCP in any of the ifconfig lines in /etc/
> rc.conf) if you have mounted / via NFS.
> 
> If you're running -current or a very recent -stable, remove the 'BOOTP'
> options.  The loader now passes all the DHCP information into the kernel.
> Then leave the interface configuration alone...

Has this actually been merged to -stable yet?  I can't find anything that
actually reads the boot.nfsroot.* loader variables.

Chris


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