Re: NFS automount not happening
On Sun, 2012-12-09 at 14:11 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
>
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html#_the_basic_network_configuration_with_ifupdown_legacy
>
> P.P.S. Unanswered Question: Since the PXE boot used dhcp to obtain an
> address that means there is a limited lease time for that address
> before it should be renewed. But doing the above won't start a
> dhclient and won't ever renew the address. Plus if the address ever
> were to change it would break the nfs diskless system. Since an nfs
> diskless system by definition must remain active on the network
> throughout its lifetime it will always be visible to the dhcpd daemon.
> The dhcpd will ping the address after the lease has expired and before
> assigning it again and will notice that it is still in use and will
> avoid assigning that address to another client. That is why this
> works. I wonder if there is a way to launch a dhcp client in such a
> way that it keep the existing IP address renewed but won't ever bring
> the interface down or up. There is almost certainly a combination of
> options or dhcp clients that will perform that function. But since
> things are fully functional at this point with the above configuration
> researching that future perfect combination is a task for another day.
In my case the dhcp server recognizes the card and assigns it a fixed
IP.
Ross
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