Zachary Kotlarek wrote: > > On May 22, 2008, at 12:57 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > >> In the situation with a remote system, I don't think dhcp is ever an >> option. >> You need to know what the IP address is to log in and you wouldn't >> know that for >> sure before a reboot. Catch 22. > > You people and your randomly-assigned IP addresses. Some of us use DHCP > as a way to centralize and disseminate a (mostly) static network > numbering configuration.
Only if you control the dhcp server. If the machine is in a data center, we may not have that option. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
