Re: dhcp, ipaddr, link clash bootcd bug ??

[Paul G. <pa...@cs...>]

On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:38:04 -0500, Nils Olav Fossum  
<nil...@mi...> wrote:

> Onsdag 10. desember 2008, skrev Paul Griffith:
>> #3 - When you boot with boot cd the following links are already created  
>>  
>> even before I mount \\ntstall\install
>>
>> /opt -> /z/linuxaux/opt
>> /share -> /z/linuxauz/share
>> /var -> /z/linuxaux/var
>
> Im a bit confused.
> I cant find where these links are created..
> It should be in 'master' somewhere, but I can not see it.

This is strange, If I  use the 4.8 RC iso from Aug, I only see
/opt -> /z/linuxaux/opt linked, not /var or /share.

I will rebuild (from cvs) again and report what I find.

> however,
> '/var/run' is listed in 'nail-floppy.txt'
>
>>
>> So what is the problem? When udhcpc runs it can't write  
>> /var/run/dhcp.out,
>>   so there is no _meta->ipaddr set and I can't set my hostname via my  
>> site
>> config.pl.
>
> hm, my dhcp options are working fine, so /var/run/dhcp.out must be  
> written
> here. The build is some months old, but I cant see what has changed..

Paul


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