multiple install servers; memdisk

[Michael Tautschnig]

> On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 05:57:22PM +0200, Anders Jackson wrote:
> > > BTW, I still like the idea of having multiple DHCP servers. 
> > > Unfortunately, the second one (if no FAI server) would simply let the
> > > node boot from its harddisk - not exactly what's intended.
> > > Switch off the additional DHCP servers for FAI installations?
> > 
Sorry, but I didn't get the point -- why would the second one let the node boot
from its harddisk???

> > I do think there is some sync problems having more than one DHCP-server
> > if you have dynamic IP-addressess delivered by them. If/when the server
> > restarts they seems to loose track of which IP-numbers are used.  And
> > when one of them deliver one IP-number, they have to check with the
> > other DHCP-servers. At least I remeber it to be those problems with
> > multiple DHCP-servers and IP-numbers (that is, modulo bit-loss in my
> > memory :-)
> 
> No need to worry: static addresses bound to the if card MAC.
> It's just that the systems themselves don't bear a name tag - 
> which makes them easily interchangeable. (Slaves don't have
> a face...)
>

At least ISC's DHCP-server is capable of load balancing. I haven't tested it,
I'm also using fixed IPs and thus there is no problem at our site ...

Regards,
Michael