On 02.07.2015 15:25, Harald Hoyer wrote: > On 02.07.2015 11:08, Christoph Pleger wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I want to create a Debian Live DVD, with dracut as initrd tool. That is, I >> already had the Live system running successfully, but IP configuration had >> to be entered manually after boot from DVD. The grub menuitem for that >> contains the following line to define the kernel and its parameters: >> >> linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/cdrom ro aufs >> >> Then, I had the idea to add an option for automatic IP configuration by >> DHCP. I expected it to work by adding a new grub menuitem with the >> following line for the kernel: >> >> linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/cdrom ip=dhcp ro aufs >> >> But that does not work, no configuration is set for eth0. But if the >> chroot-Directory I created the DVD from is taken as NFSROOT and the >> computer is booted by PXE, with the following in pxelinux.cfg/default >> >> DEFAULT vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img root=dhcp ip=dhcp ro aufs >> >> then eth0 gets its configuration from DHCP. >> >> So, does dracut only support automatic IP configuration by DHCP if >> "root=dhcp" is set, or is there something I can change in the kernel >> parameters to make automatic IP configuration work when booting from DVD? >> >> Regards >> Christoph >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe initramfs" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> > > try "ip=dhcp rd.neednet=1" or better, if you know the interface in advance "ip=eth0:dhcp rd.neednet=1" otherwise dracut tries dhcp on every interface. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe initramfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
