23 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-smallRe: Odd idea| From | Sent On | Attachments |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Smith | Sep 2, 1999 11:41 pm | |
| Warner Losh | Sep 2, 1999 11:44 pm | |
| Skip Hansen | Sep 3, 1999 8:10 am | |
| Chris Dillon | Sep 3, 1999 10:10 am | |
| Mike Smith | Sep 3, 1999 12:08 pm | |
| Mike Smith | Sep 3, 1999 12:35 pm | |
| John Ioannidis | Sep 3, 1999 12:35 pm | |
| Warner Losh | Sep 3, 1999 12:41 pm | |
| Skip Hansen | Sep 3, 1999 1:38 pm | |
| David O'Brien | Sep 3, 1999 2:16 pm | |
| Broderick Wood | Sep 3, 1999 2:59 pm | |
| Chris Dillon | Sep 3, 1999 3:02 pm | |
| David O'Brien | Sep 3, 1999 3:39 pm | |
| Mike Smith | Sep 3, 1999 3:44 pm | |
| David O'Brien | Sep 3, 1999 4:15 pm | |
| Mike Smith | Sep 3, 1999 4:19 pm | |
| Jac Backus | Sep 4, 1999 12:36 pm | |
| Kent Berggren | Sep 4, 1999 1:48 pm | |
| Chris Dillon | Sep 4, 1999 7:13 pm | |
| Mike Smith | Sep 4, 1999 7:13 pm | |
| Chris Dillon | Sep 4, 1999 10:20 pm | |
| Mike Smith | Sep 4, 1999 11:18 pm | |
| Chris Dillon | Sep 5, 1999 12:01 am |
| Subject: | Re: Odd idea | |
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| From: | Chris Dillon (cdil...@wolves.k12.mo.us) | |
| Date: | Sep 4, 1999 7:13:27 pm | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-small | |
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?).
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