[syslinux] pxelinux: Doing DHCP-Release?
Andreas Kotes
count-linux at flatline.de
Fri Mar 30 01:48:40 PDT 2007
Hello,
* Fabian Seither <Fabian.Seither at hornbach.com> [20070330 10:36]:
> i am currently working on a project to install our windows-workstations
> using PXE-Boot und unattended (http://unattended.sourceforge.net/).
>
> All workstations load pxelinux and display a menu: Continue the bootchain
> (= start Windows) or reinstall the Workstation.
>
> The windows-workstations have static IPs (this can not be changes that
> easy, we are talking about more then 5000 Workstations....)
static IPs assigned via the DHCP server?
> Now here is my problem:
>
> When using PXE, every Workstation would use a DHCP-Lease to boot and a
> static IP when Windows is running.
have the DHCP server issue the static IP to the Workstation.
> This will overfill the DHCP-Range and distroy the hole IP-Concept.
>
> So here is my question:
>
> Is there any way to get pxelinux doing a DHCP-Release?
if you give the Workstation it's static IP address via DHCP, you don't
need PXE to do that :)
Best regards,
Andreas
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