Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 13:27:21 -0800 (PST) From: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@kithrup.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A web-based FreeBSD configuration tool. Message-ID: <199802242127.NAA28397@kithrup.com> In-Reply-To: <199802242058.MAA24843.kithrup.freebsd.hackers@monk.via.net>
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In article <199802242058.MAA24843.kithrup.freebsd.hackers@monk.via.net> you write: >didn't need to scrounge up a keyboard & monitor in install freebsd. > >You might say that you need a keyboard & monitor to set the IP address ? Says who? > - You could come up snooping the ethernet > - probe & find an unused IP address > - look for DNS query packets - looking for a 'magic name' (install.freebsd.org) > - if you see that, send a reply out the ethernet with your IP address. This is all pretty much overkill, given that DHCP does that. Currently, it's not used by freebsd, but Jordan looked into it a bit (and maybe Mike will look more into it, since he's doing install stuff?). Getting a web server up and running to deal with the installation is an entirely different matter, though. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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