BOOTP and fai-install server on different machines

[James Russell]

greetings,

I am using loose terminology, but isn't there a DHCP options already 
standardized in the RFC? If so, I believe there are tables that list the 
standard option names with the isc option names. I don't entirely 
understand the DHCP protocol, but is the name or the option number more 
relevant to FAI installations? To give some background information to my 
question, I recall the FAI docs containing references to options 170-172, 
but not having descriptive names. With option numbers that high, it is 
obvious they are non-standard options. Is that what Thomas is referring to 
in the comment "There may be problems when using DHCP version 3.X, because some option 
names has changed"? Is it possible that in future documentation, those names could get more 
descriptive names? Are they PXE options or are they netboot options?

I think I'm answering my own questions by asking them. 

thanks for your patience.
Jim






Thomas Lange <lange at informatik.uni-koeln.de>
Sent by: owner-linux-fai at rrz.uni-koeln.de
06/19/2002 06:37

 
        To:     Henning Sprang <henning_sprang at gmx.net>
        cc:     linux-fai <linux-fai at uni-koeln.de>
        Subject:        Re: BOOTP and fai-install server on different machines

>>>>> On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 17:44:41 +0200 (MEST), Henning Sprang 
<henning_sprang at gmx.net> said:

    > Hy, I want to try to start using FAI.

    > My Problem is, in all docs i have found, the FAI install Server
    > is always BOOTP Server, too.
make-fai-nfroot detects, if you installkernel uses DHCP or BOOTP. Then
the corresponding environment is created. You can disable the BOOTP
daemon if you want to use DHCP.  Attention. There may be problems when
using DHCP version 3.X, because some option names has changed.
-- 
Gruss Thomas