Op 23-04-2007 om 11:59 schreef Alex Owen: > Michael S. Peek said: > >If I attempt to set up my own DHCP server then I run into a race > >condition between my DHCP server and the campus DHCP server. There's no > >way to tell d-i which server to contact, so it'll listen to the first > >one that it hears back from. > > > >So as near as I can tell, there is just no way to make this work. > > The DHCP protocol has the "Vendor Class Identifier" which could ne > incoperated into the d-i dhcp-client. > > The dhcp protocol and many (good) clients allow multiple dhcp servers. > The debian-installer dhcp client sends a vendor-class-identifier of "d-i". > The debian-installer dhcp client SHOULD be configurable to only accept > dhcp leases which come from servers that send a reply containing a > vendor-class-identifier of "d-i". > > If d-i is using dhclient then an /etc/dhclient.conf with a > "select-timeout" line and a "require" line should enable this > functionality if I have read the man page right. > > It is a shame that > http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/apbs02.html B.2.5 seems to > say that d-i overloads the dhcp filename option to find the location > of the preseed file. In my opinion this is better handled using > vendor-encapsulated-options. Check out sun solaris install > docs for ideas on this front! Mind you I guess there are many "simple" > dhcp servers out there thus making overloading the filename option > more practical. > > Hmm... I think there was some talk of changing the dhcpclient engine > for lenny... there seemed to be lots of suggestions... my vote is for > udhcpc. Anyway making the dhcp client in d-i more featureful with > regards multiple dhcp servers perhaps could be added as a lenny > release goal??? > > Just some thoughts! > Alex Owen
<obvious> The thoughts have been seen. The best way to get the wishes and the features added, is to provide program code for it. Writing the wishes/ideas/proposal down on the wiki or in the BTS will prevent that they get lost in the mailinglist archive. </obvious> HtH GSt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
