Just had a look though the ISC (www.isc.org) dhcpd.conf man page and found
the following example the might be useful:-
host joe {
hardware ethernet 08:00:2b:4c:29:32;
fixed-address joe.fugue.com;
option host-name "joe";
}
Using something like this would allow you to assign a hostname to each of
your PCs on boot.
Also have a look at:-
http://www.linux-mag.com/2000-04/networknirvana_01.html
I also would like to note, that on both of my desktop PC's all the CDROM
drive trays automatically close when the PC reboots, so you may need to find
an alternative way of rebooting them. Perhaps including a bootloader on the
CD with the windows (HDD) option as default may be an option.
Regards
Lee
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henderson, TL Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 7:58 PM
Subject: diskless boxes
> I'm working on a project where I plan on deploying linux on CD-ROM's to
> everyone in our company so they can reboot their boxes to Linux at night,
> it's windows during the day. Then during the night, I will be running a
CFD
> code that use MPICH, and then eject the cdrom and reboot their machines in
> the mornings. The choice to go with the CD was because 1) There are
> already 100 or so machines deployed and I thought it would be easier to
send
> out CD's than to repartition or modify them, 2) I know I can eject it and
do
> a automatic reboot, which should result in windows 3) building a cd and
> booting from it is something my feable mind can almost understand.
>
> I've printed out the diskless nodes how-to and plan on going through it.
> However, the one question I have is, is there a simple way to give each
box
> a different name. I'll use dhcp for ip addresses, but how will it get a
> name? Do I need to make x number of different CD's, each so it boots as a
> different host name?
>
> I'm not an admin type, just an engineer type trying to better utilize
> company resources. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Any other
> solutions would be appreciated also.
>
> Thanks.
> Todd
>
>
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