For ia64 I only found 2.6 kernels. These don't have the CONFIG_IP_PNP. This bug is about that there is no RARP support for ia64. From the Configure help file for 2.4 kernels: CONFIG_IP_PNP_RARP If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be discovered automatically at boot time using the RARP protocol (an older protocol which is being obsoleted by BOOTP and DHCP), say Y here. Note that if you want to use RARP, a RARP server must be operating on your network. Read <file:Documentation/nfsroot.txt> for details. It is the line the RARP protocol (an older protocol which is being obsoleted by BOOTP and DHCP) that made me to ask for dropping RARP in the documentation of debian-installer. See the attached patch for details. Cheers Geert Stappers
Index: installer/doc/manual/build/buildone.sh
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--- installer/doc/manual/build/buildone.sh (revision 15937)
+++ installer/doc/manual/build/buildone.sh (working copy)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
kernelversion="2.4.25"
fdisk="parted.txt;cfdisk.txt"
- network="supports-tftp;supports-rarp;supports-dhcp;supports-bootp;supports-nfsroot"
+ network="supports-tftp;supports-dhcp;supports-bootp;supports-nfsroot"
boot=""
other="supports-serial-console;rescue-needs-root-disk"
smp="supports-smp"
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