Bug#319524: please allow DHCP server to specify default archive mirror
Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> writes:
> Quoting Phil Blundell (pb@reciva.com):
>> Package: debian-installer
>> Version: sarge
>> Severity: wishlist
>>
>> We have a local mirror of the Debian archive on our office network.
>> It'd be great if there was some option I could set in my DHCP
>> configuration to tell the installer about this mirror, rather than
>> having to "enter information manually" and fill in the details every
>> time I install.
>
>
> I may be wrong but I think that passing information about the Debian
> mirror is not DHCP job.
>
> This information can be preseeded using the normal preseed mechanism,
> I think this is pretty enough for any kind of automation.
Can DHCP send an url for a preseed file?
MfG
Goswin
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