From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Sep 11 12:27:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (adsl-63-202-177-115.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.177.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 186EC37B423 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2000 12:27:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA13990; Mon, 11 Sep 2000 12:26:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200009111926.MAA13990@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Danny Braniss Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: diskless workstation In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 11 Sep 2000 15:06:45 +0300." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 12:26:37 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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... -- ... 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