Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:22:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:22:21 -0500 Received: from dialin-145-254-150-103.arcor-ip.net ([145.254.150.103]:18962 "EHLO picklock.adams.family") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:22:09 -0500 Message-ID: <3BF43013.30433D08@loewe-komp.de> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 22:13:55 +0100 From: Peter =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=E4chtler?= Organization: B16 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [de] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.13-xfs i686) X-Accept-Language: de, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: summer@os2.ami.com.au CC: Linux kernel Subject: Re: BOOTP and 2.4.14 In-Reply-To: <200111150629.fAF6SKg20602@numbat.os2.ami.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org summer@os2.ami.com.au schrieb: > > I'm trying to configure a system to boot with root on NFS. I have it > working, but there are problems. > > The most serious are that the DNS domain name is set wrongly, and NIS > domain's not set at all. > > The IP address offered and accepted in 192.168.1.20. > > The DNS domain name being set is 168.1.20, and the host name 192. > Uh, how about to specify a NAME.DOMAIN.COM instead of an dotted IP. Check your bootp configuration. > I'm looking at the ipconfig.c source, around line 1324 where I see this > code: > case 4: > if ((dp = strchr(ip, '.'))) { > *dp++ = '\0'; > strncpy(system_utsname.domainname, dp, __NEW_UTS_LEN); > system_utsname.domainname[__NEW_UTS_LEN] = '\0'; > } > strncpy(system_utsname.nodename, ip, __NEW_UTS_LEN); > system_utsname.nodename[__NEW_UTS_LEN] = '\0'; > ic_host_name_set = 1; > break; > > I can see how the dnsdomain name's being set, and it does not look > right to me. > > If someone can prepare a patch for me, I'll be delighted to test it. > - 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/