✧✦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 threadwbftwFeb 27
@whitequark theforeman automates pxe booting config (there’s probably other projects now too), but now you have two problems — theforeman and PXE.
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧
@wbftw this is not an improvement.
Feb 27 at 5:33pmWeb
Show threadwbftwFeb 27
@whitequark like you alluded to elsewhere in the thread — PXE is a PITA and starts to make sense in larger environments.