From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dan Cross Message-Id: <200101300738.CAA05036@augusta.math.psu.edu> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Some questions... In-Reply-To: <20010130064701.60BC8199E6@mail.cse.psu.edu> Cc: Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 02:38:45 -0500 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5462136e-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 In article <20010130064701.60BC8199E6@mail.cse.psu.edu> you write: >>sans a DHCP server, how does a ``diskless'' machine figure out it's own >>IP address? > >I hardcoded it into our auth/cpu server kernel. :-) Ha! :-) >I suppose some more elegant way must be there now, however, I really hope the bootargs method works; that'll make me very happy.... >I'm keeping the words that if you have no problem in something, >don't touch it. ^_^ Here here! btw- if you want the real American slang effect, go back to the original: ``if it ain't broke, don't fix it!'' :-) - Dan C.