Is DHCP server absolutely required - new FAI user

[Karthik Kambatla]

Thanks for the input, Patrick. One quick question with that though.

In the setting you suggest we add to the grub,

ip=dhcp root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.1.1:/srv/fai/**nfsroot-2.6.39
boot=live  FAI_FLAGS=verbose,sshd,**createvt FAI_ACTION=install

I assume ip=dhcp suggests acquiring an IP address from the existing DHCP
server. However, the machines are already assigned static IPs and the DHCP
server doesn't assign any. Wouldn't that be a problem.

Karthik

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Patrick Cervicek <
patrick at failist.spamtrap.hs-esslingen.de> wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Karthik Kambatla wrote:
>
>  Thanks for the quick response, Henning.
>>
>> Sadly, we can't configure the existing DHCP server (the Department owns it
>> and doesn't let students tamper with it).
>>
>
> we have the same scenario http://lisas.de/~patrick/blog/**?p=113<http://lisas.de/~patrick/blog/?p=113>
>
>
>  Just confirming - do you think we can pass the PXE boot information
>> through
>> USB/CD as well?
>>
>
> yes, your USB/CD can still get an IP of the DHCP server, but you can
> "hardcode" you NFS-Server to your cd.
> simply add this this to your kernel boot prompt (in grub)
>
>  ip=dhcp root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.1.1:/srv/fai/**nfsroot-2.6.39
> boot=live  FAI_FLAGS=verbose,sshd,**createvt FAI_ACTION=install
>
> So you are not longer dependent on any PXE/TFTP setting on the DHCP server
>
> Patrick
>
>
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