RIS with Linux

[Fountain of knowledge]

Help! I run a windows 2000 network. however the DHCP server is Linux
(not my idea). I want to use RIS to deploy a build to 199 PC's. Now
i know that a pre-requisite for RIS is DHCP in Active Directory. Does
anyone know if i can use the Linux DHCP server to do this job?

The reason I ask is that to configure RIS you have to activate the
server in AD under DHCP. Is this possible in Linux?

Thanks

 

[Dave Shaw [MVP]]

No.

 

[JasonMeyer]

The way I understood the process is that you could use another DHCP server
to hand out the IP. RIS will respond to the boot request and send the
appropriate bootfile to the requesting client....Sorry can't remember where
I read this but i know its in the Docs some where...


Jason

 

[Jeremy Schafer]

No.

The only requirement for RIS in terms of networking is that the remote
building PC be able to get the TFTP boot file from your RIS server. I
use the ISC DHCP server from www.isc.org to give my clients their
network configuration and have DHCP give it the correct options to
download the startrom.com file. If you want more info, do a google
search on "RIS DHCP ISC" that should get you started.

 

[briandesu]

No is not the right answer. Using netsh is. To activate an isc dhcp
server in Active Directory, use netsh in dhcp context. Next, type
"add server <fqdn> <ip_address>".

Cheers

briandesu

 

[Guest]

I am thinking that "No" may still be the correct answer here, but would very much like this to work. We are trying to run RIS with an ISA Linux DHCP server, and I was able to autherize it. But when I try to use RIS, it is still not grabing an IP. Is there some other configuration that needs to be done on the DHCP server perhaps?