Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 00:02:47 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using any network interface whatsoever Message-ID: <20060407230247.GH16344@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20060407225742.GA21619@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <C05CAC06.C0BD%ceri@submonkey.net> <20060407225742.GA21619@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
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--VIOdPewhitSMo36n Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 03:57:42PM -0700, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 11:53:42PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > >=20 > > I'm trying to configure a bootable image to be used in various situatio= ns > > and on various (mostly unknown) hardware. > >=20 > > For the filesystem I can use geom_label and /dev/ufs/UnlikelyString, bu= t I'd > > also like to have it try to configure whatever interfaces the machine > > happens to have via DHCP. > >=20 > > Other than specifying ifconfig_<if>0=3D"DHCP" once for every possible v= alue of > > <if>, is there a mechanism to do this already? >=20 > ifconfig_DEFAULT Superb, thank you! > If you have non-Ethernet-like interfaces compiled in, you will probably > want create empty "ifconfig_<if>" variables for them since DHCP won't > work very well there. :) Good point, thanks again :) Ceri --=20 That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere --VIOdPewhitSMo36n Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFENu+WocfcwTS3JF8RAjx9AJ47ggx+il4VuxZmvmUywMwhA21ULQCffT2r B0DoPAbhkSg8wBea7yzibaA= =gqyX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VIOdPewhitSMo36n--
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