Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 12:58:34 -0800 From: Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A web-based FreeBSD configuration tool. Message-ID: <199802242058.MAA24843@monk.via.net>
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I think it would be neat if the install code had a www interface, so that I didn't need to scrounge up a keyboard & monitor in install freebsd. You might say that you need a keyboard & monitor to set the IP address ? Not really. - You could come up snooping the ethernet - probe & find an unused IP address - look for DNS query packets - looking for a 'magic name' (install.freebsd.org) - if you see that, send a reply out the ethernet with your IP address. So, I'd put the boot floppy in the machine, hit reset, go over to my web browser and type in http://install.freebsd.org. If the machine hadn't booted, I'd get a web page from FreeBSD stating that. Once the machine had booted, the next time a hit 'refresh' on the browser, I'd get the first page of the install dialog. I think Cisco does something similar to this for their 'out-of-the-box' configuration. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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