From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 8 22:14:25 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA11863 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:14:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA11850; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:14:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) id RAA03960; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 17:18:35 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199902090618.RAA03960@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/ In-Reply-To: <199902090608.WAA65226@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> from Steve Kargl at "Feb 8, 1999 10: 8:40 pm" To: sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu (Steve Kargl) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 17:18:35 +1100 (EST) Cc: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, jabley@clear.co.nz, current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Steve Kargl wrote: > David O'Brien wrote: > > > These should be left has ports. > > > > Explain how I am to install FreeBSD at my campus when DHCP has been > > mandated. Many univ. are moving in this direction. > > > > Maybe, support WC by purchasing the cd-rom? > > Convince your University to get a large quantity of cd-roms > from WC and resell the disks to the students? Or convince FreeBSD developers to simply add a DHCP client to the base sources and build a boot/install floppy with that functionality. No user cost. No user hassle. Why not?! Sigh. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message