On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> >You probably do not want the 'netconfig_eth0 flash' set in the firmware
> >with save-all.
> >
> Really? I haven't had it interfere with my setup with save-all. What
> kinds of problems can it cause? Is it just that the network gets
> configured twice, once by the NeTTrom and once by the OS?
Well, no it won't/shouldn't interfere with anything. The only thing is
it will polute your /proc/cmdline. The network doesn't get configured
twice, it is usually silently ignored.
> >I forget the exact commands for booting via dhcp, but 'boot diskless' will
> >work, provided you dhcp server is setup to send all the info which the
> >NeTTrom wants. 'load diskless' should work as well, without doing the
> >boot, although there was a bug in it in the past which may be fixed in
> >2.3.3.
> >
> So this "boot diskless" can be done regardless of all of the other
> environment variable settings, provided a DHCP server exists on the
> subnet? Is any extra info needed from the DHCP server, aside from the
> standard address, netmask, gateway and nameserver?
Yup, you want your /etc/dhcpd.conf to look similar to the following.
Although the domain-name is ignored, and you most likely do not want
the routers part. The format for 'root-path' is NeTTrom specific.
subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.250;
default-lease-time 120;
max-lease-time 120;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option routers 192.168.1.253;
option domain-name "netwinder.org";
option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
server-name "192.168.1.254";
filename "vmlinux_vnc.rev4";
option root-path "192.168.1.254:/vncroot";
}
-Rms
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