Hi, after quite some time of unplugging/replugging network cables to dual- homed machines, I'd like to automate that (the distance to walk to the machines has grown by a factor of 3 ...). These machines, unlike most others, are connected to the FAI server by eth1, and to the rest of the world by eth0. Of course, eth0 would see a DHCP server as well, but none that offers FAI.
Looking at the FAI guide (is there no newer version than 2.5.2?), ip=... seems to do the trick... and after reading Documentation/nfsroot.txt in the kernel sources, I'd like to verify that I - have to prioritize eth1 PXE boot over eth0 - have to replace the "ip=dhcp" kernel option by "ip=:::::eth1:dhcp" - don't need to change anything in dhcpd.conf and DHCP will limit itself to eth1, and fill in all the missing pieces? Since I have a IPMI card installed, and assigned to COM2, would I also be able to watch the installation using console=tty0 console=ttyS1,19200n8 as another append'ed option? I guess I have to try... but would like to know first whether it's time for a stroll again :-) Cheers, Steffen -- Steffen Grunewald * MPI Grav.Phys.(AEI) * Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam Cluster Admin * http://pandora.aei.mpg.de/merlin/ * http://www.aei.mpg.de/ * e-mail: steffen.grunewald(*)aei.mpg.de * +49-331-567-{fon:7233,fax:7298} No Word/PPT mails - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html