Re: DHCP, BOOTP and linux

2001-02-15 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"Eray Ozkural (exa)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > The BOOTP didn't work either. I then realized that it was broken for > > > my card at least and switched to 2.4.1 for my net box. The 2.4.1 did > > > have BOOTP but it didn't seem to have DHCP. Anybody knows why? > > >

Re: DHCP, BOOTP and linux

2001-02-14 Thread Eray Ozkural (exa)
Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > "Eray Ozkural (exa)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > In linux-2.2.18 I have been perfectly unable to use kernel level network > > autoconf with DHCP because it simply wouldn't work with my 3c905/c. > > Works for me... I don't have that exact card, however. > That mi

Re: DHCP, BOOTP and linux

2001-02-12 Thread Herbert Xu
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 04:53:02AM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Is this something we're going to have to note for boot-floppies? Probably not on i386. > Where is ip=on actually operative? Wouldn't this be for DHCP/Bootp > discoveries at kernel boot time (rather than running pump, as we do i

Re: DHCP, BOOTP and linux

2001-02-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 04:35:56PM +0200, Eray Ozkural (exa) wrote: > > Herbert Xu wrote: > > > Kernel autoconfig is turned off by default as of 2.2.18. It has to be turned > > > on manually by giving the parameter ip=on to the kernel. Is this something

Re: DHCP, BOOTP and linux

2001-02-11 Thread Herbert Xu
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 04:35:56PM +0200, Eray Ozkural (exa) wrote: > Herbert Xu wrote: > > > > Kernel autoconfig is turned off by default as of 2.2.18. It has to be turned > > on manually by giving the parameter ip=on to the kernel. > > Well, I use 2.4.1 on my second box which I do nfsroot. Pe

Re: DHCP, BOOTP and linux

2001-02-11 Thread Eray Ozkural (exa)
Herbert Xu wrote: > > Kernel autoconfig is turned off by default as of 2.2.18. It has to be turned > on manually by giving the parameter ip=on to the kernel. Well, I use 2.4.1 on my second box which I do nfsroot. Perhaps specifying nfsroot as the root device turns on autoconfig too? Thanks, -

Re: DHCP, BOOTP and linux

2001-02-10 Thread Herbert Xu
Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Eray Ozkural (exa)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> In linux-2.2.18 I have been perfectly unable to use kernel level network >> autoconf with DHCP because it simply wouldn't work with my 3c905/c. > Works for me... I don't have that exact card, however.

Re: DHCP, BOOTP and linux

2001-02-10 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"Eray Ozkural (exa)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In linux-2.2.18 I have been perfectly unable to use kernel level network > autoconf with DHCP because it simply wouldn't work with my 3c905/c. Works for me... I don't have that exact card, however. > The BOOTP didn't work either. I then realize

DHCP, BOOTP and linux

2001-02-06 Thread Eray Ozkural (exa)
Hi there, I'd been wrestling with an i386 box trying to boot it from the network and I wanted to share some of my experience and certain things that puzzled me. Now it seems that BOOTP is kind of obsolete and DHCP is bound to replace it sooner or later. In linux-2.2.18 I have been perfectly una