Total non-issue. DHCP, mac address, nic, etc could care less about what operating system/partition it's booted off.
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 9:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Question on duel OS booting Greetings! Workstations here are all WinXP Pro, are DHCP clients, and belong to a Windows 2003 "Native" domain. I just happen to have unassigned space on my system drive, and I just happen to have a Vista Business install CD (properly licensed and awaiting installation). SO, as the DHCP client gets its lease based on its MAC address (my machine has only 1 NIC), how might I go about installing Vista and having it function properly in the network (without damaging the status of the alternative XP installation)? NO, I will NOT set it up as a VM on my desktop system - I did that once, and it was simply offal! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected] P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org <http://www.aspca.org/> The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
