At 0:51 +0100 1/4/02, Phil wrote: >On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Geert Stappers wrote: > >> >Moreover, >> >I don't see why every NIC in $netdevices should query a bootp server. >> >One answered query should be enough. >> >> Even a single NIC computer does three(3) BOOTP-requests: >> - BootROM "where to get my kernel-image" request >> - Kernel "where to get my NFS root" request >> - FAI "where is the FAI info" request >I was only talking about the last item. > >> >> On a multi NIC computer, FAI has to check every netdevice, >> because the BOOTP server could anywhere. >Why should FAI keep on doing requests on other interfaces when it gets a >reply on one ? > Why worry about about a extra BOOTP request, when we have a complete installation to do on mostly single NIC computers?
Geert