Hi Kyle, > >This is 'boot net:dhcp - install' > > Actually I think it may be: > > 'boot net:dhcp - install dhcp' I'm using Jumpstart for several years now and the second 'dhcp' is not necessary.
> Which seems even more silly, but I understand it. Take a look at 'install-discovery' in yout boot image <path_to_image>/sbin/install-discovery and search for 'TRY_DHCP'. > The :dhcp seems to tell OBP to use DHCP instead of RARP to get an IP to > do the initial TFTP transfer of the Boot program that knows how to > access the NFS Root. I'm guessing it also tells that Boot program to get > the NFS root Server and Path from DHCP too. yes > The 'install dhcp' are arguments to the init scripts, that are passed to > the installation programs, and trigger (respectively) a custom > jumpstart, and retrieving the install parameters from DHCP instead of > BootParams. Yes. Search for 'getbootargs' in 'install-discovery' > Or are the docs wrong, and the :dhcp triggers doing all lookups through > dhcp instead of bootparams? If you found this in the docs it's a bug. Booting with 'net:dhcp' does all lookups with DHCP. bootparams is no longer needed. Willi
