✧✦Catherine✦✧Feb 27

I really hate dnsmasq. every once in a while I have a problem and some Linux guy tells me "just use PXE bro" and then I spend a hour configuring PXE that doesn't fucking work without displaying a single debug print and all of this is a complete waste of time.

the UI of dnsmasq is atrocious; if I wanted to be able to tweak every DHCP option I would use my TCP/IP stack to answer DHCP queries. just give me something that can boot a machine without four hours of twiddling with options that are required for correct operation yet nobody bothers to give them names better than "66"

Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧Feb 27
I don't think there's been a single time in my life when I successfully PXE-booted something outside of a perfectly-controlled, utility-free environment with a crossover Ethernet cable
Show threadDavid Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)Feb 27

@whitequark

It wasn't PXE, but we used BOOTP to boot a room full of SPARCstation 2s from a single Pentium server. They ran an X server and used the Pentium to run apps as well.

Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧

@david_chisnall yeah, I've also seen enterprises where this works (including I think my high school?)

just never managed it myself

Feb 27 at 5:27pmWeb