On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 16:29 +0100, Frank Kimbell wrote: > network --device eth0 --mtu=1500 --bootproto static --ip 0.0.0.0 > --netmask 255.255.255.0 --gateway 0.0.0.0 --nameserver 127.0.0.1 -- > hostname svr.tester.com > This has always worked before the recent update. (it sets IP to > "0.0.0.0" and I change that later. But 0.0.0.0 is a correct value, and > it did work before.) Not trying to question and I don't know the history, but if you need to bring an interface up, it never hurts to assign an address from the reserved IPv4 LINKLOCAL subnet, per IETF -- 169.254/16. It's not merely reserved for DHCP. The LINKLOCAL concept has a far greater purpose, including being the non-routable address to another, routable address assigned to the same interface. BTW, the last octets for the node often match those of the last two octets of the MAC address, although there is a formal way to derive them. -- Bryan J Smith Senior Consultant Red Hat GPS SE US mailto:bjs@xxxxxxxxxx +1 (407) 489-7013 (Mobile) mailto:b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx (non-RH/ext to Blackberry) -------------------------------------------------------- You already know Red Hat as the entity dedicated to 100% no-IP-strings-attached, community software development. But do you know where CIOs rate Red Hat versus other software and services firms for their own, direct needs? It's no comparison: http://www.redhat.com/promo/vendor/ _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
