Rod Stewart wrote: >On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > >> NeTTrom command-> setenv netconfig_eth0 flash >> NeTTrom command-> setenv kerntftpserver 192.168.0.1 >> NeTTrom command-> setenv kerntftpfile tftpboot.img >> NeTTrom command-> save-all >> NeTTrom command-> setenv kernconfig tftp >> >>Only the last of these interferes with normal disk booting, so it is >>safe to save-all right before it, which will store the network settings >>in case you need to boot from the network again. Use the "printenv" >>command to review your environment settings. Finally, if your >>"cmdappend" NeTTrom variable has the "noinitrd" option (which is >>necessary to boot 2.4 kernels), you must remove it so the downloaded >>kernel can boot with its attached ramdisk. >> >You probably do not want the 'netconfig_eth0 flash' set in the firmware >with save-all. > Really? I haven't had it interfere with my setup with save-all. What kinds of problems can it cause? Is it just that the network gets configured twice, once by the NeTTrom and once by the OS?
>>Okay. This is kind of NetWinder-centric, but that's what I have so >>others can add their subarch's stuff. Section 4.4 should also be modified: >> >And in big comments say something along the lines of: > You must use eth0 (10-baseT) ne2k(piece of crap) for the tftpboot. >Yes, it is possible to boot off eth1, but the Debian kernels do not >support it, and you have to pass lots of parameters with cmdappend, it is >ugly. > >I forget the exact commands for booting via dhcp, but 'boot diskless' will >work, provided you dhcp server is setup to send all the info which the >NeTTrom wants. 'load diskless' should work as well, without doing the >boot, although there was a bug in it in the past which may be fixed in >2.3.3. > So this "boot diskless" can be done regardless of all of the other environment variable settings, provided a DHCP server exists on the subnet? Is any extra info needed from the DHCP server, aside from the standard address, netmask, gateway and nameserver? Thanks, -- -Adam P. GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! <http://lyre.mit.edu/%7Epowell/The_Best_Stuff_In_The_World_Today_Cafe.ogg> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
