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Re: dhclient or dhcpcd for debian-installer?



David Whedon wrote:
> 
> I've had some excitement choosing a chcp client for debian-installer, and it
> looks like we may have been pushed to once choice, dhclient.
> 
> bootp - has only rudementary dhcp support, should not be used

Yes, bootp is a former protocol and dhcp is said to obsolete it.
On the other hand, I believe there are networks which operate with
bootp. A bootp udeb could be used as an alternative configuration
method.

Sincerely,

-- 
Eray (exa) Ozkural
Comp. Sci. Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara
e-mail: erayo@cs.bilkent.edu.tr
www: http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~erayo



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