Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:53:43 -0800 (PST) From: perl <perl@netmug.org> To: Dan Langille <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> Cc: Kenneth Ingham <ingham@i-pi.com>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Enabling bpf device in kernel (was: Re: tcpdump) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902041051090.18651-100000@netmug.org> In-Reply-To: <19990204173804.XFLS678125.mta2-rme@wocker>
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I'm not sure how much free space is on the boot floppy, but is there any chance of getting a dhcp client on it? Installing FreeBSD over a network which uses DHCP isn't possible (as far as I know) with the current boot floppy. Maybe it would fit if we removed the "upgrade" option, whatever that does, from sysinstall? Michael On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Dan Langille wrote: > On 4 Feb 99, at 9:35, Kenneth Ingham wrote: > > > The idea of a question at install time to decide whether to use DHCP or > > a statis IP addr sounds good to me, as does making ISC DCHP part of the > > normal distribution (it's what I always use as a UNIX client). > > This reminds me of a question that came to mind yesterday. When I was > first installing FreeBSD, I had a devil of time getting DHCP installed. I > did not have the CDs and had to FTP it from my local LAN. If I was > running standalone, how would I have gotten DHCP installed? <grin> It's > a chicken and egg situation. I can't access the net until I get DHCP > installed and I can't get DHCP without net access. > > Given that, I strongly support what Kenneth just said. Unless of course > someone can show me how I could have installed DHCP without CDs and on a > standalone computer? > > -- > Dan Langille To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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