From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Sep 19 16:26:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (adsl-63-202-177-115.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.177.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B4B937B424 for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2000 16:26:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA00942; Mon, 18 Sep 2000 17:23:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200009190023.RAA00942@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Chris Csanady Cc: Danny Braniss , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: diskless workstation In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 18 Sep 2000 14:58:19 CDT." <39C673DB.135A25FC@ameslab.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 17:23:58 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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. Supposedly; Paul Saab did the merge. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message