Have you looked at /etc/sysconfig/network.
In the dhcpd.conf, we have something like this:
host hostnamexxx {
hardware ethernet 00:e0:81:23:e0:9e;
fixed-address 172.16.0.2;
next-server 172.16.100.1;
filename "/pxelinux.0";
}
Denis
On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 16:08, msimoni@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I've setup a kickstart server today (RH8.0) and loaded a few clients and
> they were configured correctly with IP and hostname. What do you have in
> your dhcpd.conf on the server ?
>
> M.
>
> Denis Pilon wrote:
>
> > Exactly.
> >
> > It only sets localhosts.localdomain
> >
> > Instead of the correct hostname.
> >
> > Denis
> >
> > On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 15:17, msimoni@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > You want to set the ip address (fixed ?) and the hostname of your
> > > kickstart client right ?
> > > And your client's hostname isn't set ? Is that correct ?
> > >
> > > M.
> > >
> > > "Denis E. Pilon" wrote:
> > >
> > > > How can I get RH80 to grab the hostname from the dhcp server when
> > > > installing. The hostname never gets updated with pump, and dhclient
> > > > will not run because of kernel limitation ?
> > > >
> > > > I usually install 30-100+ nodes and need to grab the hostname during
> > > > kickstart and copy it to /etc/sysconfig/network. Any suggestions ?
> > > >
> > > > How do I get around this ?
> > > >
> > > > Denis
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