I installed a a base fileserver this morning using Potato Reiser boot floppies. Everything went fine. I am on a DHCP system and during installation the IP addr was assigned and I had internet access. I installed the rest of the files using Debian/testing. I created 5 10G partitions and installed the Reiser FS on them. The problem is that the 2.2.19 kernel would not recognize the Reiser FS? Maybe a newer reiserfsprogs that causes problems with 2.2.19 kernel (Just guessing?)
So, I compiled a 2.4.14 kernel with Reiser support. The only network options I added was the Intel NIC I was using. The kernel compiled, I rebooted and I was able to mount the Reiser partitions I had created earlier. BUT, DHCP quit working. I ran ifconfig and no IP addr had been assigned. I could ping localhost but nothing else. Are there any options I need to pick in the networking or network devices section to get DHCP working on a compiled kerenl or should it DHCP work "out of the box" without modifying any make menuconfig options? I started a new install again as in the first paragraph with the same results, DHCP worked but Reiser partition could not be read. I am guessing that kernel 2.2.19 cannot read a Reiser FS created from a Debian/testing reiserfsprogs but I am not sure why I could not get DHCP working after compiling 2.4.14 kernel? Any ideas? Lance
