Hi,
...sorry, I just didn't get it ...
On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 04:32:39PM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > > > > I am planning on adding the Wide-DHCP client to src/contrib/ and
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^
! client !
> > > > > src/sbin/ in a few days.
> > > [...]
> > If we want FreeBSD to have any credibility as a workstation OS, we
> > need DHCP.
> > It should be possible for a user or admin to smack in the
> > boot floppy, have it autoconfigure the selected network interface, and
> > perform an FTP installation.
>
> So, we'll import a pop server, apache, g77, ad nauseam
> to increase the credibility of FreeBSD as a workstation OS.
Read his statement again; the (IMHO very valuable) itention is to
be able to build a "sysinstall boot floppy" for network-installations
without having the installing person go through the hassle of setting
up a _static_ ip configuration. (Especially if the workstation
should be a dhcp client later on.)
Furthermore I know more than one network where 'dhcp' is the only
mean to get a valid ip-configuration.
Scenario: User-A wants to setup his brand new FreeBSD-workstation:
[without dhcp-client on boot-disk]
- boot the bootdisk ;)
- choose distribution media 'ftp' or 'nfs'
- get to the network-configuration screen
- don't find a knob named 'use dhcp'
- yell after the net-admin "Hey, ... I need a static IP, which one
should I use?"
[ - The ever-friendly net-admin is not available
- wait several days ... ;) ]
- install / configure the machine for the static ip
- cd /usr/ports/net/dhcp*; make && make install;
- change the machine's configuration (/etc/rc.conf etc.) to make
use of the dhcp-client
- tell the net-admin that the static ip could now be 'recycled'
[with dhcp-client on boot-disk]
- boot the bootdisk ;)
- choose distribution media 'ftp' or 'nfs'
- get to the network-configuration screen
- select 'use dhcp'
- install
- be happy
Including a dhcp-client for the boot-disk is something very, very
different from including various 'convenience' software in the
base system.
Regards,
Andreas
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