FAI-3.2.16 and Broadcom-Ethernet/PXE/DHCP-problem with ipconfig

[Dirk Geschke]

Hi Henning,

thank you for the fast reply!

> > I having problem install Lenny on a Dell R200.
> > I pxe boot using one of the interfaces on the moderboard.
> > It works fine but the kernel detects one of the ports on my quadcard
> as eth0.
> > So the installation hangs waiting for dhcp on the "wrong" interface.
> > One solution is to use two ethernetcables, but..

no, that is not my problem, there is onyl one NIC installed.

[...]
> Try
>   
>  append initrd=fai/lenny/initrd ip=:::::ethx:dhcp root=/dev/nfs
>  nfsroot=/srv/fai/nfsroot-lenny boot=live
>  FAI_FLAGS=verbose,sshd,createvt,reboot FAI_ACTION=install
> 
> Where ethx is your preferred interface. Make sure that the kernel
> supports the motherboard NICs.

this does not work, even if I use

   append initrd=initrd.img-2.6.26-1-amd64
   ip=10.253.1.18:10.253.1.17:10.253.0.1:255.255.254.0:fai-host1:eth0:none
   root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=/srv/fai/nfsroot boot=live
   FAI_FLAGS=verbose,sshd,createvt,reboot FAI_ACTION=install

it does not work. Strange enough: Although "none" of "off" should
disable DHCP the line ipconfig prints contains RARP and DHCP. It
seems that it ignores all entries here?

BTW: Which initrd is used by PXE boot? Is it the one in the tftp
     directory or the one from the nfs direcotry? Of course, both
     are identical...

Best regards

Dirk

PS: The same machine worked with FAI-3.1.x.

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