Re: [9fans] il: no success with DHCP

Re: [9fans] il: no success with DHCP

[forsyth]

you can set things up so that a cpu server running on a PC takes its IP address
and other network parameters from the plan9.ini file, which is useful when the
cpu server itself is the dhcp server for the network.  you don't need another
system to act as dhcp server.

[9fans] Re: il: no success with DHCP

[vecera]

In article <20001002153317.48501199DE@mail>,
  9fans@cse.psu.edu wrote:
> you can set things up so that a cpu server running on a PC
> takes its IP address and other network parameters from the
> plan9.ini file, which is useful when the cpu server itself
> is the dhcp server for the network.  you don't need another
> system to act as dhcp server.

That's exactly what I need!
But unfortunately I don't know how to make it. I have read
man for plan9.ini and there is no such option. (except some
"fs=..." and "auth=..." parameters but I think it is not what
I am looking for)
Could you place here some example or URL for doc, plese?
Thanks!

Antonin Vecera


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[9fans] Re: il: no success with DHCP

[vecera]

In article <20001002153317.48501199DE@mail>,
  9fans@cse.psu.edu wrote:
> you can set things up so that a cpu server running on a PC takes
> its IP address and other network parameters from the plan9.ini file,
> which is useful when the cpu server itself is the dhcp server for
> the network.  you don't need another system to act as dhcp server.
>
I got it! On boot prompt "root is from:" I can place the same options
as to ipconfig. So I wrote to plan9.ini:

bootargs=il ether /net/ether0 a.b.c.d

That's OK.
But then loader asks for addresses of fs & auth servers.
Does anybody know how to set this to default values,
so it can boot without interaction with user on keyboard?

A. Vecera


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Re: [9fans] Re: il: no success with DHCP

[presotto]

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My fault, it's an undocumented feature of ipconfig.  You can add auth and
fs to your botargs line:

bootargs=il ether /net/ether0 a.b.c.d <ip mask> 0 <fs-addr> <auth-addr>

The 0 would be the address of the remote side if this were a point-to-point
link.

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From: vecera@writeme.com
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] Re: il: no success with DHCP
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 09:06:02 GMT
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In article <20001002153317.48501199DE@mail>,
  9fans@cse.psu.edu wrote:
> you can set things up so that a cpu server running on a PC takes
> its IP address and other network parameters from the plan9.ini file,
> which is useful when the cpu server itself is the dhcp server for
> the network.  you don't need another system to act as dhcp server.
>
I got it! On boot prompt "root is from:" I can place the same options
as to ipconfig. So I wrote to plan9.ini:

bootargs=il ether /net/ether0 a.b.c.d

That's OK.
But then loader asks for addresses of fs & auth servers.
Does anybody know how to set this to default values,
so it can boot without interaction with user on keyboard?

A. Vecera


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