Messages in this thread | | | From | (Miquel van Smoorenburg) | Subject | Re: PATCH: boot-time DHCP | Date | 12 Dec 1999 19:42:53 GMT |
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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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