--- Configure.help.orig 2008-10-25 23:34:25.000000000 +0200 +++ Configure.help 2008-10-25 23:43:37.000000000 +0200 @@ -17262,10 +17262,11 @@ If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the net via NFS (presumably because your box doesn't have a hard disk), - say Y. Read for details. It is - likely that in this case, you also want to say Y to "Kernel level IP - autoconfiguration" so that your box can discover its network address - at boot time. + say Y. Read for details. + In this case, you also need to say Y to "Kernel level IP + autoconfiguration" in the networking options so that your box can + discover its network address at boot time, and . Otherwise, you won't be + able to say Y here. Most people say N here.