Allegedly, on or about 06 October 2014, CLOSE Dave sent: > The difficulty is that, during kickstart the DHCP configuration is > wrong. I'd much rather not have to use a different configuration for > kickstart than for normal operation. While I can do that for an > initial installation, it is far trickier if the machine needs to be > re-installed later. A re-installation ought to be as simple and > selecting PXE during boot. There shouldn't be a need to change the > DHCP configuration before and after. Realising you don't really want two configurations to have to do, but if it's your intention that *some* things should use 127.0.0.1, and other things should not, then I think you're stuck having to *manage* that. But just a thought... When I've set up systems, the network configuration details applied during the installation period only pertain to the installer (so it can get things from the network, as it installs, etc.). Post installation, my networks have always required reconfiguration, as that install-time configuration is not put into the installed system, just used by the installer, itself. And this post-install network configuration could be either manual, or simply what my DHCP server does, as the machine boots up and connects. So, the situation exists for having two configuration stages. I do not know if the kickstart system can be preset with separate network configuration parameters for install time, and post install (e.g. avoid having to intervene and reconfig, yourself). It may be possible for the DHCP server to detect the difference, and supply different parameters. e.g. A specific hostname being used during install, for the install, then other individual hostnames applied to machines, afterward. And the hostname being the matchpoint for what other details to provide to the DHCP client. Is the PXE boot just for the installation, or do things always PXE boot? If it's just for the installation, perhaps there's the place to set up the alternative details. I'm still inclined to think - avoid using 127.0.0.1, and when you're preparing to install a system (new, or re-doing), making sure that there's a DHCP server configuration for that new machine that not only doles a specific IP to the machine, but also doles the same IP out as its first DNS server. Another thought might be to not get machines to self serve, but cross serve between your local serves (they ask their peers, rather than themselves). -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. ZNQR LBH YBBX -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
