Re: [ANNOUNCE] DragonFly BSD Installer RC1

[Hiten Pandya <hmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ivan Voras wrote:
> Erik P. Skaalerud wrote:
>
> > > small server (snmp?) that reports to broadcast queries? + client for 
> > > querying
> >
> >
> >
> > Or just a simple client/daemon suite that you can write yourself?
> > Client just broadcasts on its subnet that its ready to be installed to.
> >
> > daemon snaps this up and tells the admin "The computer at IP 
> > XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX says its ready to be installed to."
> >
> > Can't be any more simple than that.
> >
> >
> > But of course, someone should think of security options aswell.
> > Also, a feature I'd like to see is somewhat like Norton Ghost. Let's 
> > say you have a installer server that all the clients connect to, 
> > recieve their config from, load it then start installing when the 
> > server says it's ok to go. The admin would see all the clients 
> > installing from his browser etc..
> >
> > Anyone like this idea?
>
>
> Me :) All of it :)

	Guys, look at rconfig(8), such functionality is already
	implemented in DragonFly and extending on it should not
	be more than a day's work.

		-Hiten
		hmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx