Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:14:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:14:03 -0400 Received: from hermes.domdv.de ([193.102.202.1]:44562 "EHLO zeus.domdv.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:14:02 -0400 Message-ID: <3DAAC457.3040402@domdv.de> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 15:19:19 +0200 From: Andreas Steinmetz User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020828 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Theewara Vorakosit CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: NFS root on 2.4.18-14 References: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.65.2.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------030903080205000602040205" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1809 Lines: 48 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030903080205000602040205 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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? If you try to boot from a floppy that was created like "dd if=vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0" you will need the attached patch. Alan Cox however told me that the ability to boot without boot manager (e.g. lilo) will eventually go away. -- Andreas Steinmetz D.O.M. Datenverarbeitung GmbH --------------030903080205000602040205 Content-Type: text/plain; name="ip.patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="ip.patch" diff -rNu linux/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c linux-custom/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c --- linux/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c 2002-09-27 14:05:32.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-custom/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c 2002-09-27 14:57:01.000000000 +0200 @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ */ int ic_set_manually __initdata = 0; /* IPconfig parameters set manually */ -int ic_enable __initdata = 0; /* IP config enabled? */ +int ic_enable __initdata = 1; /* IP config enabled? */ /* Protocol choice */ int ic_proto_enabled __initdata = 0 --------------030903080205000602040205-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/