Specifying server-name with Windows 2000 DHCP
Michael Tautschnig
michael.tautschnig at zt-consulting.com
Sat Aug 27 10:55:27 CEST 2005
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>
> Unfortunately, that doesn't mention the server-name parameter for
> DHCPD or it's equivalent for Windows. Problem is, I'm not really sure
> what server-name is supposed to specify, as best I can gather it's
> the name of the DHCP server!
>
Yes, it is the name of the DHCP server, but I don't think that this is required
anywhere!?
> If I can't get this to work, then in what way do I go about
> specifying the 'monserver' parameter to monitor installs with
> faimond? The kernel command line?
>
Just set it in fai.conf (at least the one in your NFSROOT) - it is only set to
the name of the DHCP server, if the value is zero (or unset).
Regards,
Michael
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