On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 22:33, Michael Torrie wrote: > On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 19:53, Andrew Jorgensen wrote: > > Michael Halcrow wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 03:05:00PM -0700, Corey Edwards wrote: > > > > > >>>When is the RARP protocol used? > > >> > > >>Rarely > > > > > > > > > In fact, I believe the Linux kernel no longer even supports RARP ioctl > > > syscalls (as of 2.3). > > > > You can still run a rarpd though right? (For silly old workstations that > > need it in order to boot disklessly) > > You mean the most awesome boot prom ever, the Sun boot prom, based on > forth? My first exposure to Sun's openboot system was a real eye > opener. You can do things (network installs, network boots) that are > nigh unto impossible on a PC (unless you delve into PXE, which is a mite > more difficult to get running). Silly workstations to have such a > powerful firmware system. :)
Ok. I change my answer from "Rarely" to "Rarely, but I wish I had a bunch of Sparc stations so that my use of RARP was more common". Alas... Corey ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
