Hello, I set up a diskless installation. When I used the kernelparameter ip=autoconf it didn't work, the same configuration worked when I used ip=dhcp instead (following the recommandation of a colleague who once ran in the same problem). Now I am happy that my configuration works, but I'd still like to understand what happens. Can anyone tell me, what exactly is the difference between ip=autoconf and ip=dhcp. Details: -------- - I used mknbi-linux to generate the kernel image that is stored at the boot server and sent via tftp to the client upon request; the kernel parameter settings where attached useing the --append option of mknbi-linux - With the first configuration (ip=autoconf), the kernel started to boot and requested an IP address. The server saw that request (as I verified in the servers log file) and sent a response. Somehow however, the client did not see the response (or was not happy with it) and continued to request an IP address forever (since it needs to mount its root file system over NFS). - With the second configuration (ip=dhcp), things worked just fine. Thanks a lot for all hints regards P.S. Please put me CC: in your reply, since I am not subscribed to the list -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
