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In article <cistron.385392F5.75DBD99A@highrise.nl>,
Hans de Goede <hans@highrise.nl> wrote:
>Please don't go that way, what about the following scenario:
>diskless machine with bootrom, requests ip with bootp, gets kenrel image
>with tftp boots kernelimage. Now where should the initrd come from, from
>the server

Yes. The initrd _is part of the kernel image_

>and how does it get to the server if it doesn't have an ip?
>And replacing 100+ bootroms to add initrd knowledge is NOT an option.

Not needed at all.

>I also know cases with a kernel image inside the bootrom.

Doesn't matter - in that case the initrd is in there as well.

Mike.

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