Off-topic Re: [LCP]A doubt in Linux --- Please help

[Robert Wuest]

rahul,

Wrong place for this.  Find the etherboot mailing list.  The etherboot
package has step by step instructions that got me up and running in less
than 15 minutes.  Ok, maybe 20 because you'll have to make a new kernel.

http://etherboot.sourceforge.net/

Robert

rahul pande wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> I am experimenting with using "initrd" to have two stage booting, on a
> diskless machine. My intension is to get the file system to be mounted as
> root from a remote machine. The plan is to use "tftp" client to get the root
> file system from the remote machine. To accomplish the above I need to
> assign an IP Address (NIC driver is built in the image) to the diskless
> machine, so that "tftp" can be used in the network. All the above should
> happen before the "init" is called. Can someone give advice as to how i can
> assign an IP Address or configure the network for the diskless machine in
> the above scenario.
> 
> I tried using "ifconfig eth0 <ip address> up" in /linuxrc file but it failed
> giving some modprobe (kmod) error.
> 
> Waiting for ur response.
> 
> Thanks and Regards,
>     rahul
> 
> PS :: If this is not the right mailing list for such questions please
> suggest me pointers for future reference.
> 
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