On 12/4/05, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I now did fail another time trying to set up DHCP on Solaris using > the Sun supplied DHCP service. > > Sun dhcp is just completely disappointing: > > - On OpenSolaris, the DHCP is completely unusable because > it's configure method depends on java which is not redistributable. > So it is impossible to create a OpenSolaris based distribution > that includes a working dhcp service. > > - The configuration is completely cryptic and it is impossible to > understand what to do from reading the man pages > > - Why does PXE require to do extremely cryptic things? > > - add_install_cliant is broken with respect to PXE configuration: > > - It does not configure PXE > > - it configures one songle GRUB configuration for _all_ > clients > > - /tftpboot/rm.client will remove the Grub single configuration > for all clients.
I'd also like to add it's dependancy on the ip address of the primary interface. If this changes, as can often happen with a home internet connection, things break until you update the ip. This ultimately led me to abandon Sun's dhcpd at home in favour of ISC's. See: http://groups.google.ca/group/comp.unix.solaris/browse_frm/thread/d4e126e21f19788e/ce9f61f4c08e1bec -- Eric Enright _______________________________________________ opensolaris-code mailing list [email protected] https://opensolaris.org:444/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-code
