From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 8 16:42:58 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA03595 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 16:42:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA03587; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 16:42:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from des@flood.ping.uio.no) Received: (from des@localhost) by flood.ping.uio.no (8.9.2/8.9.1) id BAA99072; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 01:42:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from des) To: Steve Kargl Cc: jabley@clear.co.nz, obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/ References: <199902090032.QAA63869@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: 09 Feb 1999 01:42:48 +0100 In-Reply-To: Steve Kargl's message of "Mon, 8 Feb 1999 16:32:39 -0800 (PST)" Message-ID: Lines: 15 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Steve Kargl writes: > Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > If we want FreeBSD to have any credibility as a workstation OS, we > > need DHCP. It should be possible for a user or admin to smack in the > > boot floppy, have it autoconfigure the selected network interface, and > > perform an FTP installation. > So, we'll import a pop server, apache, g77, ad nauseam > to increase the credibility of FreeBSD as a workstation OS. None of these are necessary on an average workstation. DHCP is becoming more and more common. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message