On 12/09/08 17:34, Micha Feigin wrote:
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 ;-)
Depends on how ossified and/or ignorant they are.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
How does being physically handicapped make me Differently-Abled?
What different abilities do I have?
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