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Re: BOOTP/DHCP failed on eth0
- From: Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour at redhat dot com>
- To: Robert Lee <rlee_1900 at yahoo dot com>
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 01:33:35 +0000
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] BOOTP/DHCP failed on eth0
- References: <20020118010721.87332.qmail@web9007.mail.yahoo.com>
Robert Lee wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I got this message
>
> BOOTP/DHCP failed on eth0
>
> while calling init_all_network_interfaces().
>
> However, I am not using BOOTP/DHCP. I use Assabet and
> the Compact Flash Ethernet has a fixed IP address.
> The networking is ok because I can use "load" (by
> tftp) in RedBoot.
>
> RedBoot> fconfig
> Run script at boot: false
> Use BOOTP for network configuration: false
>
> Does anybody know what's wrong and how to fix it?
The redboot config isn't the same as your application config. Look in the
network package configuration for how to set static IP addresses. Note if
you set the address to the same as redboot you will need to disable network
debugging. Better to use a different address.
Jifl
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