Re: [dhcwg] DHCP boot file size option

Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com> Wed, 16 October 2002 18:17 UTC

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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 13:17:07 -0500
Subject: Re: [dhcwg] DHCP boot file size option
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> Not sure what you mean by "what is the default size". This is an 
> informational item to the client and if not specified, the client 
> would have no knowledge of the size. I'm not sure what the original 
> motivation for this option was, but perhaps it tells the client how 
> much memory it needs to have in order to receive this file.

It would certainly help with a boot status progress bar... :')

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