Re: PXE boot vs. DHCP (fwd)

2001-10-31 Thread David O'Brien
On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 02:58:17PM +0300, Vladimir B. Grebenschikov wrote: > David O'Brien writes: > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 08:35:10AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The patch below for dhclient-script fixes the problem for me. > > > > Murray and I are very close to importing dhclie

Re: PXE boot vs. DHCP (fwd)

2001-10-31 Thread Vladimir B. Grebenschikov
David O'Brien writes: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 08:35:10AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The patch below for dhclient-script fixes the problem for me. > > Murray and I are very close to importing dhclient 3 (vs. the versoin 2 we > have now). I would prefer to wait until then before ch

Re: PXE boot vs. DHCP

2001-10-26 Thread Cyrille Lefevre
John Polstra wrote: > In article <002601c15cb4$064fb440$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Cyrille Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "John Polstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Also, I don't feel that my patch is a hack. The entire purpose of > > > dhclient's PREINIT phase is to put the network

Re: PXE boot vs. DHCP

2001-10-25 Thread John Polstra
In article <002601c15cb4$064fb440$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Cyrille Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "John Polstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Also, I don't feel that my patch is a hack. The entire purpose of > > dhclient's PREINIT phase is to put the network interface into an > > enabled s

Re: PXE boot vs. DHCP

2001-10-24 Thread Cyrille Lefevre
"John Polstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Cyrille Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John Polstra wrote: > > > > > > What is the reason you think it would be better to put the solution > > > into dhclient-enter-hooks? > > > > IMHO, for instance, because thi

Re: PXE boot vs. DHCP

2001-10-24 Thread Josef Karthauser
On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 08:13:52AM -0700, John Polstra wrote: > Not quite. It's not the "PXE level," it's the normal operating state > of the system. The only difference is that it was booted with PXE > instead of by some other means. PXE booting is being used more and > more at large install

Re: PXE boot vs. DHCP

2001-10-24 Thread John Polstra
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Cyrille Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Polstra wrote: > > > > What is the reason you think it would be better to put the solution > > into dhclient-enter-hooks? > > IMHO, for instance, because this hack is only needed at PXE level > not after, I am rig

Re: PXE boot vs. DHCP

2001-10-23 Thread Cyrille Lefevre
John Polstra wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Cyrille Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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

Re: PXE boot vs. DHCP

2001-10-23 Thread John Polstra
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Cyrille Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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/s

Re: PXE boot vs. DHCP (fwd)

2001-10-23 Thread John Polstra
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 08:35:10AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The patch below for dhclient-script fixes the problem for me. > > Murray and I are very close to importing dhclient 3 (vs. the versoin 2 we > have now)

Re: PXE boot vs. DHCP

2001-10-23 Thread Cyrille Lefevre
John Polstra wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > John Polstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been setting up a 4.4-RELEASE system for net booting and diskless > > operation with pxeboot, and I've run into a minor but annoying > > problem. It seems that if you boot with PXE you can't

Re: PXE boot vs. DHCP (fwd)

2001-10-23 Thread David O'Brien
On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 08:35:10AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The patch below for dhclient-script fixes the problem for me. Murray and I are very close to importing dhclient 3 (vs. the versoin 2 we have now). I would prefer to wait until then before changing isc-dhcp/client/scripts/freebs

Re: PXE boot vs. DHCP

2001-10-23 Thread John Polstra
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Polstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been setting up a 4.4-RELEASE system for net booting and diskless > operation with pxeboot, and I've run into a minor but annoying > problem. It seems that if you boot with PXE you can't use dhclient. > pxeboot config

PXE boot vs. DHCP

2001-10-14 Thread John Polstra
I've been setting up a 4.4-RELEASE system for net booting and diskless operation with pxeboot, and I've run into a minor but annoying problem. It seems that if you boot with PXE you can't use dhclient. pxeboot configures the relevant network interface (let's call it fxp0), NFS-mounts the root fil