DHCP server package

[Bill Davidsen]

Bill Maidment wrote:
> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>> Bill Maidment wrote:
>>  
>>> Sorry if this has already been revealed, but where is the DHCP server
>>> package on the Fedora 8 DVD?
>>> Cheers
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>     
>> I don't have time to check right now, but it may not be on the DVD
>> at all. The DVD image is not large enough to hold all the packages,
>> so you may have to download it from one of the repos. I believe the
>> DVD image only holds the more commonly used packages.
>>
>> Mikkel
>>   
> OK. I've found it on a repository. Thanks.
> It seems somewhat silly not to provide DHCP server on the DVD, as that 
> needs to be set up in a new installation before users can install and 
> connect to the network. It's only about 95kb.
> 
It's not something most people will use, however. It would be nice, but 
it would also be nice, now that CD support has been dropped in favor of 
DVD-only, to realize the most current DVD hardware supports D/L and an 
8.3GB DVD image could support everything, or more nearly so.

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