Re: DHCP in the kernel

Stuart Lynne (sl@whiskey.fireplug.net)
19 Jul 2000 12:09:44 -0700

In article <20000719125538.P25131@ookhoi.dds.nl>, Ookhoi <ookhoi@dds.nl> wrote:
>> > > > is it still possible to get the root file system over nfs like in 2.2
>> > >
>> > > yes.
>> >
>> > so how does this work then? I don't see how you can run dhcpch/pump without
>> > having a root filesystem....
>>
>> I use netboot (http://www.han.de/~gero/netboot), which passes the ip
>> number it got (by doing bootp/rarp/dhcp) to the kernel using the
>> "ip=..." commandline parameter.
>
>From their page I understand they get the ip-number via bootp only.

It doesn't matter what protocol netboot uses, it is not part of the kernel.

Netboot adds the ip address to the kernel command line using the ipconfig
option. So the kernel can take advantage of netboot's knowledge.

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