Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:23:38 +0200 From: Sven Huster <sven.huster@mailsurf.com> To: Danny Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: diskless operation Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.0.20010411202315.028defe0@mx01.mailsurf.com> In-Reply-To: <E14nNK0-0002G5-00@sexta.cs.huji.ac.il> References: <Your message of Wed, 11 Apr 2001 16:44:40 %2B0200 .>
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At 18:18 11.04.2001, Danny Braniss wrote: >*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* >In message <5.0.2.1.0.20010411164359.00a63880@mx01.mailsurf.com>you write: > >}But my interface has no ip after boot! >}So dhclient needs to be invoked. > >if you are booting via bootp/pxe then the loader will have placed in the >environment some info. see kenv(1), or before loading, type show. > >look in /etc/rc.diskless1, it will try and figure out the interface and set >some variables so that rc.network can do the rest. do you get a message, like > Interface exp0 IP-Address 10.0.0.1 Broadcast ... ? > >as far as i know, you dont't need dhclient if you are booting diskless, unless >there is other info you need, such as gateway, dns server, etc. Got the message but no ip in there. regards Sven Huster Senior IT Systems Administrator *BSD, Linux, Solaris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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