enno@labtam.oz (Enno Davids) (01/05/90)
I am about to add to the abilities of the BOOTP daemon code that we are using around here. The specific characteristic I am interested in is to allow the daemon to specify some host other than itself as the server to boot from when replying to a bootp request. Specifically, I intend to add a new keyword (e.g. sr) to the bootp database reader and allow any machine entry to have ... :sr=nn.nn.nn.nn: ... as one of it's fields. For reference, the code I am using came from uunet's public area and has since seen modification for SysV. My questions are: - has anybody else done this already? - is 'sr' a reasonable choice (if not, why not). - other observations or comments. Enno. -------- Enno Davids. Labtam Information Systems P/L. enno@labtam.oz.au 43 Malcolm Rd. Braeside, 3195 Voice: + 61 3 587 1444 Australia. Fax: + 61 3 580 5581 "Wasn't it Sartre who said, 'Hell is to be locked in a small room with all your friends for eternity.' Of course, all Sartre's friends were French." - Red Dwarf