Re: nfsroot anyone?

Martin Mares (mj@k332.feld.cvut.cz)
Mon, 18 Mar 1996 19:33:27 +0100 (MET)


Hi,

> The kernel command line handling has been rewritten and bootp added. I
> could'nt boot my box without a small patch: the etherboot package passes
> "0.0.0.0" as gateway adress if there is no gateway. But the new code
> complains that the gateway is'nt on the local net.

ACK. It seems to be a common misunderstanding that "0.0.0.0" can be
used instead of an address to indicate an empty field. The correct
behaviour would be to use an empty string. I'll add a work-around for
it in the next release.

Thanks
Martin