> On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Rick Petree wrote:
> > Ben and Todd hacked away at it, but for some reason neither RH6.1 nor
> > Mandrake6.1 would not pick up their IP address from the DHCP server.
>
> Actually, they would get their configuration from the server, including the
> IP, and bring up the interface so traffic could pass. However, after that had
> been done, Red Hat's "pump" DHCP client promptly hung, apparently in an
> endless loop (100% CPU use). I'll be working on tracking down the cause of
> this.
>
<unoffical info>
DHCP clients can fail to get an address in
Cabletron switched networks when the host is new to the network. If
the switches are set up right it will stop happening with no intervention.
This is a fairly rare phenomenon though. If the hosts are getting an
address though it's probably something else.
</unoffical info>
> > All the computers in the school use the two DHCP servers and if Linux
> > keeps choking on the DHCP we can just install static address on the all.
> I'm fairly confident we can get this working. Besides, it would look rather
> bad to potential future Linux users if we can't even get our own LAN up and
> running....
:)
>
> If anyone can provide copies of the following, I would be much obliged:
>
> - Mandrake 7.0
> - SuSE 6.3
> - Slackware 7.0
> - Caldera OpenLinux 2.3
> - Corel Linux
> - A *working* Debian "slink"
> - Any distro for the SPARC (Sun)
> - Any other distribution you like
I can provide Mandrake 7.0, I'm planning on heading down there tomorrow
around 5. I'm also bringing docs and such for the Cabletron switch at Petree
Reitzel's request- he's getting back to me tomorrow with
the model number.
I can make some CDs for the other distributions that post images. Let me
know what we don't come up with.
-Craig
