Re: [Thinstation-developer] Re: Question
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From: Mike E. <km...@ma...> - 2003-06-26 19:33:46
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I think this is a way cool feature. I have been think along these lines for a while but not as clear. I fully support this. However, I'm worried about our constant new ideas and bug reports, as Miles is the one in the line of fire constantly. I'll suggest a "road map" to prioritize stuff. I'll make a separate post on this. Mike > Hi! > > Perhaps it should be useful another thinstation.conf file, putted in the > same dir of "build.conf", containing a file that will be appended to > thinstation-defaults during the build phase.... in this way we can > prevent users from modifyng file in the "packages" dir, not a clean > thing to do in my opinion... > > The default content of this file should be something like: > > ---- > # This file contains the default configuration for the thinclients > > ## If "Off" won't ask the IP address to the DHCP > #USE_DHCP=Off > > ## If "Off" won't try to download thinstation*.conf and > thinstation.hosts > ## from tthe tftp server > #USE_TFTP_CONF=Off > > ## Option required if dhcp and tftp are Off: > #IP_ADDRESS= .... > #HOST_NAME= .... > > ## Add here your other options... > > --- > > Using this file a user can prevent the thinclient from using DHCP and > TFTP, making the thinclient fully self-contained... usefull for > usb-flash or iso image... > > Or perhaps we can add in build.conf two packages... > "package tftp-conf" > "package dhcp-conf" > ...to decide if use or not dhcp and tftp in the thinclient... I don't > know what would be the cleanest way to get the job done... > > What do you think???? > > Bye! > > Paolo > > > > > > i take it you mean without? > > > > in which case the thinstation-defaults file sits in packages/base/etc/thinstation-defaults, you could append this with what ever > > thinstation.conf file you want and it would use this as the defaults, make sure append as there are a couple of settings which I > > think need to stay in that file, which arn't in the general thinstation.conf file > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Henrik Pedersen [mailto:ped...@he...] > > Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2003 09:39 a.m. > > To: mr...@us...; ps...@us... > > Subject: Question > > > > Hi there.. > > > > Got your thinsoft thing working like a charm, i just wonder if there's any way i can boot with having to get the > > thinstation.conf file from a server? > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Henrik Pedersen > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU > Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. > Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! > INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php > _______________________________________________ > Thinstation-developer mailing list > Thi...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/thinstation-developer > -- Thinstation FAQ maintainer http://thinstation.sourceforge.net - a light, full featured linux based thin client OS |