Re: NFS boot with a dhcpless network
On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:46:31 -0600
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On 12/09/08 15:38, Micha Feigin wrote:
> > On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:14:23 -0600
> > Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> [snip]
> >> And can't you tell DHCP to associate IP addresses to MAC addresses?
> >> So even though OP doesn't want to use DHCP, he'd use it but not
> >> for it's usual purpose...
> >>
> >
> > I can't use a dhcp server on this network. These machines are exposed to the
> > general network which already has a dhcp server and if I add another one I'm
> > going to cause trouble over the whole network.
> >
> > Besides a dhcp server with the specific setup is going to be a serious pain.
> >
> > The machines do have disks which are meant mostly for local user data. The
> > idea is to have as little as possible in terms of a system on each machine
> > to make it easier to maintain and keep safe from the users. Looks like the
> > easiest solution is to have grub and a kernel installed locally on each
> > machine.
>
> The existing dhcp server could point the diskless machines to the
> machine that has the boot files on it.
>
> Or would that entail too much bureaucracy and/or interference from
> know-nothing MSCEs?
>
It's a university departmental dhcp server, do you think that there is any
chance that I can convince them to do something like that ;-)
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