✧✦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"

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@whitequark When I was doing PXE stuff I learned (cant find a reference now) that the PXE Specs contain conflicts. So if one implements/uses PXE one has to choose which part of the spec to break.

I think that says all about that. PXE is a great tool. But it breaks if you look at it wrong.

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