Rainer Orth wrote: > Dave Miner <Dave.Miner at Sun.COM> writes: > >> Addressing this is probably a combination of: >> >> - introduce GRUB on SPARC to reduce the reliance on DHCP vendor options > > Please don't: the current GRUB setup (having to edit/modify menu.lst for > each client) is a nightmare compared to the SPARC/pre-NewBoot way of having > vendor options to control settings. While this may be convenient for a > single system, it becomes very tedious when having to maintain large > numbers of systems >
The reasons to make the move on SPARC are relatively strong, and what you're pointing out is a deficiency in x86 that we should be looking to correct. >> - modify the default DHCP server setup so that the basic things you do >> need defined are there to begin with and it's just site-specific work >> that's needed >> - replace add_install_client and so on with tools that do a complete job >> of configuring installation service >> >> But I'm certainly interested in additional ideas. > > As I think I mentioned before, JET has a plugin framework to handle this, > currently with a Sun DHCP module and and an ISC module in the works. > JET has its good points, and will certainly be considered as a contributor to tools we might use to replace the existing ones. Dave
