Al Tobey wrote : > > > Attached is a patch to add a -A/--autonet option to koan. > > > > > > As an introduction, here's the relevant part of the man page: > > > > > > --autonet Tells koan to configure the installer's networking on the > > > kernel command line using ip=/netmask=/gateway=, etc.. First, it > > > will download the kickstart configuration and check for a network > > > --bootproto=static method. If that fails and --replace-self has been > > > specified, it will use the current system's network configuration, as > > > found using iproute2. > > > > > > > > To summarize: it keeps the real or virtual system from having to > > initially DHCP when enough information is > > stored in Cobbler (or can be found on the local system) so that it's not > > required. Depending on the kickstarts > > employed, the kickstart may still indicate a DHCP configuration, so this > > would only save the initial DHCP. > > > > Did I get that right? > > Yes, that's exactly right. Neat. This fits right into some dhcp-less environments I have! Matthias -- Clean custom Red Hat Linux rpm packages : http://freshrpms.net/ Fedora release 7 (Moonshine) - Linux kernel 2.6.22.6-81.fc7 Load : 0.31 0.36 0.41 _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools
