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From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>
To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>
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Subject: Re: Odd idea
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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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