> Thanks John, David, > > thanks for pointers, the correct syntax worked and the ip, gateway, > netmask are now correct > (ip=ownip:nfsip:gatewayip:netmask:hostname:eth0:off) > > That Roach_BOOT_proc1_V3.pdf was not very good. > > Still some reliability issue, sometimes boot&NFS mount work fine, but many > times during boot I can not ping the roach and get a timeout > > Looking up port of RPC 100003/2 on 10.0.2.94 > rpcbind: server 10.0.2.94 not responding, timed out > > Very possibly a local network issue. D-Link DES 1008D switches do not seem > to work well at 5100m altitude :P
Our booting is very reliable. But we're at ~850m! John > > - Jan > > On Mon, 21 Mar 2011, John Ford wrote: > >>> Hello list, >>> >>> I'm trying to give a roach a static IP since dhcp is not allowed. There >>> is >>> http://gmrt.ncra.tifr.res.in/gmrt_hpage/sub_system/corr/Iru/Roach_BOOT_proc1_V3.pdf >>> which says bootargs can have ip=<ownip>:<gatewayip>:<netmask>. So I'm >>> trying this: >>> >>> setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,115200n8 noinitrd rw >>> ip=10.0.2.101:10.0.2.1:255.255.255.0 root=/dev/nfs >>> nfsroot=10.0.2.94:/rdbe/rdbe_image,nolock >>> >>> saveenv >>> >>> Is that ip=... really the proper syntax? >>> >> >> Hi. Here's the boot args from our bee2, if it helps: >> >> BEE2 % get_eeprom >> >> Command line: console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 >> nfsroot=/export/home/tofu/cicadaroots/bee2Guppi >> ip=169.254.128.20:169.254.128.6:169.254.128.6:255.255.255.0:bee2 >> :eth0:off mem=512M rw root=/dev/nfs >> >> MAC address: 006D12B222 >> >> Baud rate: 115200 >> >> Serial number: 2.2.47 >> >> Checksum: 25 >> >> BEE2 % >> >> >> >> John >> >> >> >
