diff -ur lessdisks-0.5.3cvs.20040906/mkinitrd/conf/install_scripts/70_dhcp patched-lessdisks-0.5.3cvs.20040906/mkinitrd/conf/install_scripts/70_dhcp
--- lessdisks-0.5.3cvs.20040906/mkinitrd/conf/install_scripts/70_dhcp	2004-06-17 11:30:03.000000000 -0700
+++ patched-lessdisks-0.5.3cvs.20040906/mkinitrd/conf/install_scripts/70_dhcp	2004-10-18 12:27:08.000000000 -0700
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
   . "$cmdline_opts"
 fi
 
+if [ "/dev/nfs" != "$rootdev" ]; then
+  echo "root not set to /dev/nfs, skipping dhcp request..."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 case $autoconf_type in
   off|none) echo "not configuring ip address"
   exit 0 ;;