Bryan J. Smith wrote:
Yes. DHCP is the successor to BOOTP that offers a superset of its functionality. But in the original BOOTP functionality, you would pass the filename the BOOTP client would retrieve from a TFTP server so it could boot. The file was then booted.
This is how we have been installing workstations/servers in the UNIX world for 2+ _decades_ -- BOOTP+TFTP (plus, typically, an NFS mount). The PC only adopted it in more recent years.
E.g., Microsoft Remote Installation Services (RIS) sets up the same thing (although uses a SMB mount after the BOOTP+TFTP).
Thanks.
So I guess I should take this as:-
No, it is not possible just to put the ks file onto an FTP server along with the install file. I have to have a proper DHCP server and TFTP.
What a bummer.
Regards
Lee