Hello List, I am trying to configure a notebook equipped with a PCMCIA network card as a diskless node in my network. I got the kernel sources from kernel.org and configured the kernel as documented in several howtos. (I.e. compiled in PCMCIA and NIC support, support for nfs root, support for kernel level ip config ...) After that I made a boot floppy with syslinux and copied over the bzImage to the floppy. I don't have a DHCP nor a BOOTP or RARP server, so my syslinux.cfg looks like this: label linux kernel bzImage append ip=10.0.0.11:10.0.0.1::255.255.255.0:ws-andreas-nb.local::off nfsroot=10.0.0.1:/clients/ws-andreas-nb root=/dev/nfs prompt 1 timeout 100 After that I put in the floppy into the notebook and start it. The kernel is booting, but when it comes to mounting the root FS it says it cannot connect to the nfs server. The trouble is that it is trying to set up the IP-Config, before it activates the NIC. So I get the error message, that No networkes devices could be found. After that it successfully activates the NIC and tries to mount the root FS. This cannot be done, because IP-Config now has not been done. It's a little complicated to describe, I hope I have stated clearly what I mean. The question now is: Is there a possibility to tell the kernel to activate the NIC, before doing the IP-Config ? Thank you very much for your help. best regards -Andreas -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
