Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 21:13:49 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> Cc: config@FreeBSD.ORG, small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Odd idea Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909042052440.79755-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <19990903153932.A55391@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, David O'Brien wrote:
> > BOOTP is not necessarily sufficient. BOOTP does not allow truly
> > dynamic configuration, or at least not with the ISC dhcpd.
>
> Remember we are talking about the loader here, for net booting. Not for
> after you've booted. When net booting you need to tell the loader the
> kernel's name and the path to / . I could be wrong, but I think you
> usually would not want these dolled out randomly. For example:
>
> host net-install {
> hardware ethernet 8:0:2b:32:bf:5c;
> fixed-address 192.168.1.3;
> option host-name "foo.nuxi.com";
> option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.2
> option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
> option routers 192.168.1.1;
> option domain-name "nuxi.com";
> option root-path "/export/freebsd-install";
> filename "install.bin";
> }
>
> you could of course specify swap here and have a diskless setup.
Doh. I wish there were some way other than specifying the MAC address
to say to the DHCP/BOOTP server "give me FOO configuration". I was
trying to think of a way to make a boot disk which required a minimal
amount of system-dependant information tied to the boot disk itself or
to the station you are booting it from. Unfortunately I guess neither
BOOTP nor DHCP can fit this bill (or can it?).
-- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net
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