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RE: [Xen-devel] DomU stuck on "Sending DHCP request"

To: "Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh" <aravindh.puthiyaparambil@xxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] DomU stuck on "Sending DHCP request"
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:41:13 +0100
Cc: "Koren, Bradley J" <Bradley.Koren@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Subrahmanian, Raj" <raj.subrahmanian@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Vessey, Bruce A" <Bruce.Vessey@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] DomU stuck on "Sending DHCP request"
> My other question is that should not DomU give up and 
> continue booting if it does not obtain an IP?

Unless you're using NFS or iSCSI/gnbd root there's no need to get an IP
address in the kernel -- just use the normal distro startup scripts.
ip=off

Ian

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