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From: Samuel Flory <sflory@rackable.com>
To: Theewara Vorakosit <g4465018@pirun.ku.ac.th>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: NFS root on 2.4.18-14
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 11:00:39 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DAB0647.9040603@rackable.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.GSO.4.44.0210142012520.5993-100000@pirun.ku.ac.th

Theewara Vorakosit wrote:

>Dear All,
>    I use Red Hat 8.0 and kernel 2.4.18-14, which come from redhat
>distribution. I want create a NFS-root kernel to build a diskless linux
>using NFS root. I select "IP kernel level configuration-> BOOTP, DHCP",
>NFS root support. I boot client using my kernel, it does not requrest for
>an IP address. It try to mount NFS root immediately. Do I forget
>something?
>Thanks,
>Theewara
>
>  
>
You need to give the kernel instructions to use dhcp.   I've always 
found this works:

ip=::::::dhcp nfsroot=192.168.1.5:/vol0/nfs/root/10.01



      parent reply	other threads:[~2002-10-14 17:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-10-14 13:13 NFS root on 2.4.18-14 Theewara Vorakosit
2002-10-14 13:19 ` Andreas Steinmetz
2002-10-14 13:56   ` Wakko Warner
2002-10-14 15:10     ` Andreas Steinmetz
2002-10-14 15:43       ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2002-10-14 18:00 ` Samuel Flory [this message]

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