Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 09:05:15 +0200 (CEST) From: Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@citeweb.net> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PXE boot vs. DHCP Message-ID: <200110240705.f9O75Fo49531@gits.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <200110232019.f9NKJnJ04011@vashon.polstra.com>
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John Polstra wrote: > In article <200110232013.f9NKDmU27220@gits.dyndns.org>, > Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@citeweb.net> wrote: > > IMHO, it would be better to provide a /etc/dhclient-enter-hooks > > while you are net installing the station, then remove it when > > finished. > > > > the dhclient-enter-hooks would be almost what you are doing : > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > > if [ x$reason = xPREINIT ]; then > > case `ifconfig $interface` in > > *flags=*[\<,]UP[\>,]*) exit 0 ;; > > esac > > fi > > I know the problem could be solved that way, and if I were using a > Microsoft operating system that's what I'd have to do. But this is > FreeBSD, and we can fix things that are broken. > > What is the reason you think it would be better to put the solution > into dhclient-enter-hooks? IMHO, for instance, because this hack is only needed at PXE level not after, I am right ? Cyrille. -- Cyrille Lefevre mailto:clefevre@citeweb.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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