Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 09:37:16 +0300 From: Danny Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: diskless workstation Message-ID: <E13bzyu-0001xn-00@sexta.cs.huji.ac.il> In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 20 Sep 2000 23:26:00 -0700 .
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In message <200009210626.XAA02048@mass.osd.bsdi.com>you write: }> In message <200009210609.XAA01851@mass.osd.bsdi.com>you write: }> } }> }I think this is correct, actually. Danny, can you confirm that you're }> }using one of the class A address spaces (eg. 10.*.*.*?) }> } }> my net is class B. 132.65.0.0 } }Gotcha. What's your netmask? I bet it disagrees one way or the other }with the "canonical" netmask this code assumes. it's the host part 132.65.80.247, the 247 is 0xF7 and hence class C :-) my netmask is 255.255.0.0 for the time being till we go vlan. } }> }Actually, IMO the code around this is entirely wrong; we should always }> }respect the mask supplied by the server, and only use the canonical mask }> }if we don't get one at all. }> } }> my man! }> }> im cleaning up bootp and will let you know. } }You could make yourself *really* popular and teach it about DHCP, you }know. 8) } what have you in mind? it already knows some DHCP, the leasing stuff is yet a gray area with me (i dislike it totaly, but then i own a class B ;-) i've added hostname though. suggestions? on a different subject, but related: on my nfsroot client, im now stuck - again -, ls -ls /dev/null shows strange minor/major: 0, 0x00020002 instead od 2,2 which of course ruins rc.diskless. the same filesystem when accessed by another fbsd4.1S (no nfsrooted) is ok. hints? danny To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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