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From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
Cc: clefevre@citeweb.net
Subject: Re: PXE boot vs. DHCP
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In article <200110232013.f9NKDmU27220@gits.dyndns.org>,
Cyrille Lefevre  <clefevre@citeweb.net> wrote:
> IMHO, it would be better to provide a /etc/dhclient-enter-hooks
> while you are net installing the station, then remove it when
> finished.
> 
> the dhclient-enter-hooks would be almost what you are doing :
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> if [ x$reason = xPREINIT ]; then
> 	case `ifconfig $interface` in
> 	*flags=*[\<,]UP[\>,]*) exit 0 ;;
> 	esac
> fi

I know the problem could be solved that way, and if I were using a
Microsoft operating system that's what I'd have to do.  But this is
FreeBSD, and we can fix things that are broken.

What is the reason you think it would be better to put the solution
into dhclient-enter-hooks?

John
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  John Polstra
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