Broken NFS server (or client?)

[Lincoln Peters]

>From: Mark Street <jet at sonic.net>
>Reply-To: <talk at nblug.org>
>To: <talk at nblug.org>
>Subject: Re: Broken NFS server (or client?)
>Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 21:14:48 -0700
>
>At 06:42 PM 8/8/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Hmmm, this has me wondering....are you using.....  ip=<autoconf> for the
>kernel parameter .  Do the NIC's initialize with proper IP settings on both
>ends?
>

As far as the network goes, I know that the server is working because I have 
been administrating it mostly using SSH (it is currently living on a garage 
workbench where there are no chairs).  I'm not sure about the client because 
I can't find any evidence that it is actually getting on the network, even 
though the problem is being reported as an NFS error.

I suppose that the problem could reside in the DHCP client that's built into 
the kernel.  I have tried manually assigning IP information at the LILO 
prompt (ip=192.168.0.217), but the documentation is so cryptic, I'm not sure 
if I'm doing it right or not.

This is just a wild guess, but should I try using a BOOTP or RARP server 
instead?

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