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On Wednesday 20 August 2003 06:33, stephen white wrote: |
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> On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 02:26 AM, Kurt Lieber wrote: |
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> > The reason we've ruled out DHCP so far is because not all networks run |
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> > DHCP |
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> > or want to run DHCP. |
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> I don't understand this reasoning, as this is like saying "not all |
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> networks run zeroconf or want to run zeroconf"... DHCP is just a |
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> program, and the gold server can run whatever programs it wants. The |
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> network sits there and passes the packets. |
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I've heard this discussion a few times before. I think we should find out what |
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this zeroconf does that makes it so smart, meanwhile we should figure out |
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different ways to solve the problem so that we have multiple ways to achive |
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the goal, maybe there are environments where zeroconf doesn't work(?). |
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The problem is, as far as I understand, to find a way to get the initial |
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installation configuration when booting a computer for the first time from |
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(cd, floppy, usbdrive or harddrive?). The candidates are currently.: |
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*zeroconf |
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-(requirements? IPv4/IPv6 network? mac-address?) |
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-[please fill in here] |
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*dhcp |
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-minimum requirement: a mac-address |
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*bootp |
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-minimum requirement |
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*fixed gold-server address (ie. gold-server is always located at 10.0.0.123) |
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I think we need to make several approches to achive a allround solution. If |
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this is the situation then there are a few options (as I see it :) |
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*To make a distribution that tries every thinkable method for discovering the |
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gold-server. (probably very noisy on the network, but probably very |
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effective) |
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*To make a distribution that needs user intervention (ie. set the address for |
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the gold-server manually) |
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*To make a distribution that just does it the right way (ie. if zeroconf works |
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out magic:) |
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Sorry for my poor english :| |
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Regards! |
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- -Vegard |
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