booting from host with multiple network cards

[Michael Prokop]

* Thomas Neumann <blacky+fai at fluffbunny.de> [20091122 15:45]:

> > * bootoption ethdevice: use specified network device for network booting
> > (PXE) instead of default (being eth0). Feature contributed by Helge
> > Wagner. Usage example: ethdevice=eth1
> [...]
> > I think about adding a newer live-initramfs package to the FAI
> > repository, so you will automatically get a version that supports this
> > new option. Any comments?

> This is just a crude hack.

> I don't care which interface is configured, as long as a usable interface
> is configured. (If there's no dhcp on this network then it's not "usable"
> - at least for mounting the nfs shares.)
[...]

JFYI: I just implemented a more robust network boot handling which
doesn't care about the number of available network devices but just
works in all situations (without any manual configuration) that I
could reproduce in a HA setup. Details available at:

  http://grml.supersized.org/archives/337-More-robust-network-booting.html

regards,
-mika-
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