From owner-freebsd-security Thu Feb 4 10:54:55 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA02216 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:54:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from netmug.org (netmug.org [204.188.144.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA02178 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:54:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from perl@netmug.org) Received: from localhost (perl@localhost) by netmug.org (8.8.8/NetMUG_1.0.0) with ESMTP id KAA19473; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:53:43 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:53:43 -0800 (PST) From: perl To: Dan Langille cc: Kenneth Ingham , security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Enabling bpf device in kernel (was: Re: tcpdump) In-Reply-To: <19990204173804.XFLS678125.mta2-rme@wocker> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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? 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