On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 11:37 -0800, Mike Wright wrote: > Frank Cox wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:59:55 -0800 > > Mike Wright <mike.wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > >>Based on that I'd have to say BOOTPROTO=none is correct. > > > > > > I did a scratch install of F8 on this computer and told it to use a static > > address when it asked during the installation. > > > > I just checked and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 contains > > "BOOTPROTO=static". > > > > I didn't put that there myself so the installer must have done it that way. > > Hi Frank, > > Please prove me wrong but I know of no protocol known as static. > > In my original post I did say I saw it misused frequently and you have > just pointed out one more place. > > The only reason that the network scripts are NOT breaking is because > they test for the presence of "dhcp" and "bootp" and if those are not > found "none" is assumed. Sorta true. "dhcp" or "bootp" indicates that dynamic configuration is to be done. Anything OTHER than those two indicate a static configuration. By convention, the installer and system-config-network set "BOOTPROTO=static". No, it's not documented anywhere. However, when you think about it, "static" is pretty damned descriptive as to what it is you want done. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - CDN Systems, Internap, Inc. http://www.internap.com - - - - Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
