Re: dhcpd.conf for nfs boot
Michael Wileman <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.ports.hpcsh |
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On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Matt Dainty wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 00:06 -0400, Michael Wileman wrote:
>> If anyone on the list has booted their Jornada from an nfs share on a
>> NetBSD server, could you send me a copy of your dhcpd.conf?
>>
>> Or is there an easier way to do this than with dhcpd?
>
> In my dhcpd.conf, the Jornada-specific bit is:
>
> host jornada {
> hardware ethernet 00:de:ad:be:ef:00;
> fixed-address 1.2.3.4;
> option host-name "jornada";
> # next-server 5.6.7.8;
> option root-path "/export/jornada";
> }
>
> IIRC the "next-server" option is only necessary if you want to get the
> Jornada to mount its NFS filesystem from somewhere other than the DHCP
> server.
Thanks. Is your kernel also on the server, or do you use a local
kernel and nfs root? Do you check nfs in hpcboot, or give it the local
kernel and then tell it to mount root over nfs some other way. I'm a
little hazy on the procedure here?
Mike