Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 19:57:50 BST From: Michael Ryan <mike@NetworX.ie> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: FreeBSD Support <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can FBSD be config'd via BOOTP? Message-ID: <ECS9608201950B@NetworX.ie>
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On Tue, 20 Aug 1996 10:23:33 -0700 (PDT) Doug White wrote: > Hm. I thought there was a bootp client, but I guess not. It comes with a > server though. > > Why would you want to bootp a unix box? FreeBSD and unix in general > doesn't sit well with dynamic configuration. They are designed for static > addresses with static names. For the same reason that I want to configure a Windows PC using BOOTP -- it centralises my administration of the network hosts. I think Unix boxes are designed for static addresses only when they're acting as servers. The ones I want to BOOTP will be clients. But, even so, I think only the hostname needs to be static on a server; client software shouldn't be using IP addresses. Also, c.f. Sun's bootparamd. Mike <mike@NetworX.ie> ---
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