Re: NFS boot with a dhcpless network

2008-12-11 Thread Anoop Aryal
On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 23:38 +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:14:23 -0600 Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: [snip] I can't use a dhcp server on this network. These machines are exposed to the general network which already has a dhcp server and if I add another one

NFS boot with a dhcpless network

2008-12-09 Thread Micha Feigin
I want to setup three machines to boot over the network from an nfs root. The network doesn't have a dhcp server (I prefer if it's possible to do it without one) and the network card is only supported with newer kernels (2.6.28-rc). Is there a way to do it through grub or do I need to setup a

Re: NFS boot with a dhcpless network

2008-12-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/09/08 09:58, Micha Feigin wrote: I want to setup three machines to boot over the network from an nfs root. The network doesn't have a dhcp server (I prefer if it's possible to do it without one) and the network card is only supported with newer kernels (2.6.28-rc). Is there a way to do it

Re: NFS boot with a dhcpless network

2008-12-09 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:27:28 -0600 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/09/08 09:58, Micha Feigin wrote: I want to setup three machines to boot over the network from an nfs root. The network doesn't have a dhcp server (I prefer if it's possible to do it without one) and the network

Re: NFS boot with a dhcpless network

2008-12-09 Thread Eric Gerlach
Micha Feigin wrote: Yes, theoretically that is what I want, but if I'm not mistaken PXE boot is dependent on a dhcp server giving the machine an IP and declaring that it has a boot image to provide, or am I wrong. I want to give the ip as an option and use a given nfs server as a root, not

Re: NFS boot with a dhcpless network

2008-12-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/09/08 11:25, Micha Feigin wrote: On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:27:28 -0600 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/09/08 09:58, Micha Feigin wrote: I want to setup three machines to boot over the network from an nfs root. The network doesn't have a dhcp server (I prefer if it's possible to

Re: NFS boot with a dhcpless network

2008-12-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Tuesday 2008 December 09 11:49:42 Ron Johnson wrote: On 12/09/08 11:25, Micha Feigin wrote: On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:27:28 -0600 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/09/08 09:58, Micha Feigin wrote: I want to setup three machines to boot over the network from an nfs root. The network

Re: NFS boot with a dhcpless network

2008-12-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/09/08 13:47, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Tuesday 2008 December 09 11:49:42 Ron Johnson wrote: On 12/09/08 11:25, Micha Feigin wrote: On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:27:28 -0600 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/09/08 09:58, Micha Feigin wrote: I want to setup three machines to

Re: NFS boot with a dhcpless network

2008-12-09 Thread Rick Thomas
On Dec 9, 2008, at 12:49 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: Yes, theoretically that is what I want, but if I'm not mistaken PXE boot is dependent on a dhcp server giving the machine an IP and declaring that it has a boot image to provide, or am I wrong. I want to give the ip as an option and use a

Re: NFS boot with a dhcpless network

2008-12-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Tuesday 2008 December 09 14:14:23 Ron Johnson wrote: Can't you tell DHCP to associate IP addresses to MAC addresses? I suppose it depends on the server software, but dhcpd from ISC certainly provides that feature though the fixed-address and hardware directives. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.    

Re: NFS boot with a dhcpless network

2008-12-09 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:14:23 -0600 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/09/08 13:47, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Tuesday 2008 December 09 11:49:42 Ron Johnson wrote: On 12/09/08 11:25, Micha Feigin wrote: On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:27:28 -0600 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: NFS boot with a dhcpless network

2008-12-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/09/08 15:38, Micha Feigin wrote: On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:14:23 -0600 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] And can't you tell DHCP to associate IP addresses to MAC addresses? So even though OP doesn't want to use DHCP, he'd use it but not for it's usual purpose... I can't use

Re: NFS boot with a dhcpless network

2008-12-09 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 11:38:39PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: I can't use a dhcp server on this network. These machines are exposed to the general network which already has a dhcp server and if I add another one I'm going to cause trouble over the whole network. Etherboot and others support

Re: NFS boot with a dhcpless network

2008-12-09 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:46:31 -0600 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/09/08 15:38, Micha Feigin wrote: On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:14:23 -0600 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] And can't you tell DHCP to associate IP addresses to MAC addresses? So even though OP doesn't

Re: NFS boot with a dhcpless network

2008-12-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/09/08 17:34, Micha Feigin wrote: On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:46:31 -0600 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/09/08 15:38, Micha Feigin wrote: On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:14:23 -0600 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] And can't you tell DHCP to associate IP addresses to MAC