From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 04:16:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 04:16:00 -0500 Received: from expanse.dds.nl ([194.109.10.118]:33041 "EHLO expanse.dds.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 02:54:30 -0500 Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 08:54:18 +0100 From: Ookhoi To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: bootp starts before network device? Message-ID: <20010123085418.U21704@ookhoi.dds.nl> Reply-To: ookhoi@dds.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.1.14i X-Uptime: 5:14pm up 56 days, 6:26, 24 users, load average: 0.00, 0.04, 0.09 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I try to boot my vaio c1ve with an usb floppy drive and a kernel with bootp and nfs root support. Unfortunately, it doesn't work, and the reason for that seemes to be that bootp starts before the nic is detected. It says: IP-Config: No network devices available. a few lines below that the nic (3com 575) is detected. Of course it fails to do the nfs mount. This is with kernel 2.4.1-pre9. I've used root nfs and bootp a lot with older kernels (2.3, 2.4-test), but older kernels wont boot on the vaio. Is there a way to delay bootp, or move the nic detection up? Should I send more info (.config)? Tia. Ookhoi PS, also tried to mount root image from floppy, but that fails too. The floppy drive gets detected (usb support in the kernel), but it doesn't seem to connect /dev/sda to it (the fdd is available via /dev/sda according to the Internet). I have scsi support (disk and generic). Maybe someone has a suggestion on this too? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/