Re: nfsroot anyone?

Ulrich Windl (Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de)
Mon, 18 Mar 1996 12:12:25 +0100


On 18 Mar 96 at 12:42, Lauri Tischler wrote:

> Anno Domini 18 Mar 96 at 11:01, Martin Mares wrote:
>
> > (4) All DHCP servers should be able to handle BOOTP requests.
> >
> > If someone thinks DHCP _is_ useful for Linux, I'll try to
> > implement it...
> >

A DHCP server an also do dynamic BOOTP. There's already a fine DHCP
server that runs for FreeBSD and old SunOS 4.1. Maybe someone should
port it to Linux (eagerly wanted!).

> A slightly different beast would be Dynamic BOOTPD like BOOTPD for
> Netware from Hellsoft. I have this running on my Netware server and
> it works just fine. Similar functionality for Linux would be nice.
> Cheers..
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