Hi Make a boot with your client and then read the file dhcpd.leases in /var/....??? on the server with the dhcpd-service. The last entry are the last boot with the MAC address of your client. Then can make the entry in the /etc/dhcpd.conf of the server with your required IP address ...
Bye Karl Hal Vaughan wrote: > I've been searching the net for something like LTSP. > > I am working for a company that will, within the year or two have a number of > Linux boxes throughout the state, and will likely soon be adding more in > other states. Due to the number of systems and the fact that this is a small > company, there will be no CD-ROMs or floppies in these boxes. As it is now, > I can open each box, hook up a CD-ROM, install Linux (Mandrake 8.2 as it > stands now), then remove the CD-ROM, close the box, and move on to the next > box. As you can see, LTSP will be a HUGE help to me. I won't have to open > the box -- I can setup one system, copy the files to my server hard drive, > have the new systems (with unformatted hard drives) net boot with LTSP, and > have a script automatically copy them to any new machine I plug into the LAN. > > I have only one problem: I'm working with all-in-one motherboards, and it > seems unlikely I'll have the MAC address for the ethernet adapter (it's built > into the motherboard). Our current network uses fixed IPs, so at this time > the only computers using DHCP or BOOTP would be systems for a new install > (although that might change later). Can I still get a machine to netboot if > I don't know it's IP address? Or is there a way to read it from the server? > I figure if the server can detect the MAC addresses, I can do quite a bit > from there. > > Thanks for any help or information. > > Hal > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net -- 27.07. - A LUGBZ event: Linux Installation Party Infos: http://www.lugbz.org .-. /v\ L I N U X // \\ >Phear the Penguin< /( )\ ^^-^^ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
