> > > No, that would be silly, one power outage and no more config. :-)
>
> Hows that? Wouldn't it simply grab the OS from the tftp server every time
> it booted? Seems like an easy way to make sure you have all your devices
> in sync with the latest OS...just reboot them to upgrade.
Also, why would they make the thing look for a boot image based on mac
address THEN for a generic image? It would seem to indicate that you can
have multiple boot images for multiple different machines.
>
> > What about other ISP product brands that net boot? Are they doing it for
> > backup or emergency purposes, or ..... Nevermind,,, its off topic.
>
> >From what I've seen, just for upgrade/recovery purposes....though don't X
> terminals do this sort of thing on every boot?
>
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