Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 17:23:58 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Chris Csanady <cc@ameslab.gov> Cc: Danny Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: diskless workstation Message-ID: <200009190023.RAA00942@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 18 Sep 2000 14:58:19 CDT." <39C673DB.135A25FC@ameslab.gov>
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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. 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
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