Re: NFS root on 2.4.18-14

[Andreas Steinmetz]

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Theewara Vorakosit wrote:
> Dear All,
>     I use Red Hat 8.0 and kernel 2.4.18-14, which come from redhat
> distribution. I want create a NFS-root kernel to build a diskless linux
> using NFS root. I select "IP kernel level configuration-> BOOTP, DHCP",
> NFS root support. I boot client using my kernel, it does not requrest for
> an IP address. It try to mount NFS root immediately. Do I forget
> something?
If you try to boot from a floppy that was created like "dd if=vmlinuz 
of=/dev/fd0" you will need the attached patch. Alan Cox however told me 
that the ability to boot without boot manager (e.g. lilo) will 
eventually go away.
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Andreas Steinmetz
D.O.M. Datenverarbeitung GmbH

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diff -rNu linux/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c linux-custom/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
--- linux/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c	2002-09-27 14:05:32.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-custom/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c	2002-09-27 14:57:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
  */
 int ic_set_manually __initdata = 0;		/* IPconfig parameters set manually */
 
-int ic_enable __initdata = 0;			/* IP config enabled? */
+int ic_enable __initdata = 1;			/* IP config enabled? */
 
 /* Protocol choice */
 int ic_proto_enabled __initdata = 0

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