On Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 11:09:26AM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
[..snip..]
> > ... and tcdpump doesn't seek any transmission :(
>
> Ran into this myself. The kernel isn't compiled with bootp
> support so it can't find it's IP address to use so it's not
> bringing the networking up, thus the sendmsg error. The way to
> fix this is to specify nfsaddrs=xx.xx.xx.xx where xx.xx.xx.xx is
> the IP address of the client.
>
> ie:
>
> boot -f bootp():linuxr4k-ip22 nfsaddrs=192.168.1.2
> nfsroot=192.168.1.1:/sgi-linux
>
> At the prom prompt.
Which kernel did you use? The "boot-floppy"-kernels all have kernel
level autoconfiguration compiled in(so do all the others on
honk.physik.uni-konstanz.de/linux-mips/). You have to use:
bootp(): ip=bootp
to enable this though (ip=auto works too).
-- Guido
