On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:46:31 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 12/09/08 15:38, Micha Feigin wrote: > > On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:14:23 -0600 > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > >> And can't you tell DHCP to associate IP addresses to MAC addresses? > >> So even though OP doesn't want to use DHCP, he'd use it but not > >> for it's usual purpose... > >> > > > > I can't use a dhcp server on this network. These machines are exposed to the > > general network which already has a dhcp server and if I add another one I'm > > going to cause trouble over the whole network. > > > > Besides a dhcp server with the specific setup is going to be a serious pain. > > > > The machines do have disks which are meant mostly for local user data. The > > idea is to have as little as possible in terms of a system on each machine > > to make it easier to maintain and keep safe from the users. Looks like the > > easiest solution is to have grub and a kernel installed locally on each > > machine. > > The existing dhcp server could point the diskless machines to the > machine that has the boot files on it. > > Or would that entail too much bureaucracy and/or interference from > know-nothing MSCEs? > It's a university departmental dhcp server, do you think that there is any chance that I can convince them to do something like that ;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]