Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:55:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> To: Will Senn <wsenn@postfuture.com> Cc: Freebsd-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: ftp install question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106141342280.14534-100000@heorot.1nova.com> In-Reply-To: <KGEGLPFLDHGNIJLGKLMLMEMNCKAA.wsenn@postfuture.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> > I think his problem is his dhcp server expects a hostname to be passed to > > it. Does FreeBSD have the ability to do this with the ftp install? > > - Sure does... along with IPV6 too! :) > > So, how do I use the ftp floppies to provide the hostname as a parameter > to dhcp? Is it going to prompt me for extra parameters or am I gonna need > to vi ifup and tack on a -h MYHOSTNAME to pump/dhcpc or something else? http://people.freebsd.org/~rpratt/43/ether_conf.html Shows that you just type in the hostname in the appropriate field. :) (Assuming I'm understanding your question correctly...) http://people.freebsd.org/~rpratt gives step by step installion instructions graphically . :) RIck To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.21.0106141342280.14534-100000>