On 8/11/07, UNIX admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > So, if we were to integrate ISC-DHCP, one of
> > the first priorities, would be to integrate it into
> > JumpStart, which is currently not Open Sourced. (I
> > hope that can be remedied easily
> > enough).
>
> What do you mean by that? JumpStart is nothing more than supplying certain
> files, namely sysidcfg and profile to the installer. You do that either by
> BOOTP or DHCP (usually in tandem with PXE). There is nothing proprietary or
> closed source in that implementation that I could think of off of the top of
> my head. What do you believe needs to be open sourced?
>
> However, I do believe that, if we switch to ISC DHCP, PXE and JumpStart
> support will be both critical and crucial.
I am routinely netbooting (PXE) my solaris machines from ISC DHCP server running
on Linux. Works very well. I am not sure what kind of additional
support does it take
to claim it is good to go.
Another thought - I think coexisting of both Sun' and ISC dhcp servers shouldn't
be too complex thing with SMF.
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Regards,
Cyril
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