In theory, you should be able to do this. I've never tried it though. There is at least one "gotcha" though. I would run the DHCP server with fixed addresses not dynamic with an unlimited lease time. Bootp doesn't support leases and therefore you could run into problems with the same IP being assigned to multiple hosts. Bill On Sunday, January 11, 1998 7:25 PM, Ken Yap [SMTP:Ken.Yap@cmis.CSIRO.AU] wrote: > >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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