dhclient-script NFS errors with busybox ifconfig

[Tim Peiffer]

I can't address the busybox ifconfig, but I would check you path..  edit 
line 94 from
ifconfig to /sbin/ifconfig or whatever.  /*/sbin is usually never in the 
path.

Regards,
Tim

John Faith wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I am trying to use dhcp-3.0.3b1 on an embedded Linux board (kernel 
> 2.4.20) with a NFS root filesystem.  The 'ifconfig' on this system is 
> from busybox 1.01.
>
> When I run 'dhclient' as root, I get NFS errors and my filesystem goes 
> away.  I've tracked it down to line 94 in dhclient-script (which is the 
> same in dhcp-3.0.4b3.tar.gz):
>
>      ifconfig $interface 0 up
>
> I can run 'ifconfig eth0 0 up' by hand, and it completes without 
> printing an error, but subsequent commands fail due to the NFS 
> filesystem going away.
>
> Has anyone else run into this with busybox ifconfig, or know if this is 
> a dhclient-script bug or a busybox bug?
>
>
> Thanks!
> John
>
>
>