From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 8 22:12:19 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA11633 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:12:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phluffy.fks.bt (net25-cust199.pdx.wantweb.net [24.236.25.199]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA11625; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:12:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from myke@ees.com) Received: from localhost (myke@localhost) by phluffy.fks.bt (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA23433; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:12:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from myke@ees.com) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:12:12 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Holling X-Sender: myke@phluffy.fks.bt To: Steve Kargl cc: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, jabley@clear.co.nz, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/ In-Reply-To: <199902090608.WAA65226@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > David O'Brien wrote: > > > These should be left has ports. > > > > Explain how I am to install FreeBSD at my campus when DHCP has been > > mandated. Many univ. are moving in this direction. > > > > Maybe, support WC by purchasing the cd-rom? > > Convince your University to get a large quantity of cd-roms > from WC and resell the disks to the students? If the user had the CD, they wouldn't need DHCP to install the OS. Obviously the reason to put DHCP on the boot floppy is so that people can netinstall FreeBSD from an environment where IPs are handed out via DHCP, like a cablemodem/DSL setup. - Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message