RE: 7.1 nfs install requires DHCP?

["Taylor, ForrestX" <forrestx taylor intel com>]

> These are my basic steps:
> 
> 1. create a boot floppy using bootnet.img on 7.2 CD
> 2. create sysconfi.cfg file.  pertinent lines are:
> 
> ==========
> kernel vmlinuz
> append ks=nfs:<nfs ip address>:/redhat/7.2/ks/<config file>
> initrd=initrd.img text network
> 
> Note the magic words "text" and "network".  Don't ask.
> ==========
> 
> 3. create a config file on the NFS server.  pertinent lines 
> in <config file>
> on the NFS server:
> 
> ==========
> network --bootproto static --ip <client ip address> --netmask 
> <netmask>
> --gateway <gateway ip address> --na
> meserver <dns ip address> --hostname <fqdn>
> 
> nfs --server <nfs ip address> --dir /redhat/7.2
> ==========
> 
> Boom!
> 
> Peter Matulis
> ext: 392
> 

After it first boots up, can you do an Alt+F2 and then ifconfig to see what
IP address you get?