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SubjectRe: nfsroot anyone?
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Hi,

> The kernel command line handling has been rewritten and bootp added. I
> could'nt boot my box without a small patch: the etherboot package passes
> "0.0.0.0" as gateway adress if there is no gateway. But the new code
> complains that the gateway is'nt on the local net.

ACK. It seems to be a common misunderstanding that "0.0.0.0" can be
used instead of an address to indicate an empty field. The correct
behaviour would be to use an empty string. I'll add a work-around for
it in the next release.

Thanks
Martin


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