Can't you use the bootp option from redboot? I haven't tried it but I
know there's a setting where you can enable bootp...
wimpunk.
--- In "pveaston001" <> wrote:
>
> I has a system where I have several TS7200 SBC on a network. My
> system server runs DHCPD and sets all sets the ip address and also
> carries the kernel filename and path to the nfsroot diectory
> structure.
>
> With my current server at 192.168.0.230 and the TS7200 configured to
> use bootp data.
>
> After the SBC comes up and has it's IP assigned via bootp I can
> manually execute -
>
> load -r -b 0x00218000 -h 192.168.0.230 vmlinux
> exec -c "console=ttyAM0,115200 root=/dev/nfs nfsroot"
>
> As everything works fine, so I know the kernel is getting the bootp
> data passed through but ..
>
> At some point in the future I may wish to change the kernel on some
> (but not all) of the SBCs, I can take care of this in the DHCPD
> config file by changing the filename option for the SBCs I wish to
> change but...
>
> How do I get the load command to pick these changes up from bootp?
>
> I suppose it's something like
>
> load -r -b 0x00218000 -h <Server address from bootp> <kernel name
> from bootp>
> exec -c "console=ttyAM0,115200 root=/dev/nfs nfsroot"
>
> But I cannot find out what data I get from bootp that I can use in
> the load command.
>
> Any information would be much appreciated.
>
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