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Re: Bootp on linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Livingstone)
Wed Aug 16 04:59:11 1995
From: David Livingstone <davidl@scdes.cn.ca>
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Cc: Doug Paulett <paulett@cnmtl.cn.ca>,
Don Lafontaine <lafont02@godzilla.cn.ca>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 95 10:04:20 EDT
Fwded-From: Harald Milz - originally Tue Aug 14, 7:47 am
Thanks to all who responded to my original request for a bootp
client ! I have uploaded and installed bootpc.v045.tgz as described
below - Did I miss this from the announce list ? I am awaiting
the bootp/DHCP client code ! Thanks again.
Title: Linux Bootp Client
Version: V0.45
Entered-date: 02 Aug 1995
Description: This is a boot protocol client used to grab the machines
ip number, set up DNS nameservers and other useful information.
Keywords: bootp bootpc net util
Author: ceh@eng.cam.ac.uk (Charles Hawkins)
Maintained-by: J.S.Peatfield@damtp.cam.ac.uk (Jon Peatfield)
Primary-site: ftp.damtp.cam.ac.uk:/pub/linux/bootpc/bootpc.v045.tgz
Alternate-site: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Network/admin/bootpc.v045.tgz
Platform: You need a BOOTP server too.
Copying-policy: This code is provided as-is, with no warrenty, share and enjoy.
>
> Donald Becker (becker@cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov) wrote:
> > > Is anyone using bootp to set their network parameters on a linux host
> > > ? I have found code for running a bootpd server on linux but what
> > > about the linux setup to run as a client ? I am currently running
> > > Slackware 2.2 - the setup routine makes no mention of bootp.
>
> > I don't know of a bootp client that's currently available for Linux.
>
> Yes, Donald, there is... Here's a "locate bootpc" from my sunsite mirror:
>
> /usr/ftp/pub/Linux/system/Network/admin/bootpc.v031.lsm
> /usr/ftp/pub/Linux/system/Network/admin/bootpc.v031.tgz
> /usr/ftp/pub/Linux/system/Network/admin/bootpc.v045.lsm
> /usr/ftp/pub/Linux/system/Network/admin/bootpc.v045.tgz
> /usr/ftp/pub/Linux/system/Network/sunacm/Other/bootpc
> /usr/ftp/pub/Linux/system/Network/sunacm/Other/bootpc/bootpc-cam.tar.gz
> /usr/ftp/pub/Linux/system/Network/sunacm/Other/bootpc/bootpc-net3.tgz
>
> Ciao,
> hm
>
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