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Re: Support for DHCP?



>Mike Hammer writes:
> > I don't think this subject came up recently but i was wondering
> > if it is possible to use DHCP at the server (rather than BOOTPD)
> > with Etherboot.

Bill Arbaugh is in a better position to comment on this but IMO there
is little that Etherboot needs in the way of dynamic IP configuration
support, hence my conjecture that it ought to work fine with a DHCP
server in bootp compatibility mode. However if you have some experience
with this please post to the list. The address obtained by the boot ROM
is only needed for the duration of the tftp load and doesn't even have
to be the same as the one that the kernel obtains later.



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