Erling Ringen Elvsrud wrote:
Supplying ip config on the kernel options might work,
but I would prefer nice dialog interfaces.
Anaconda and kickstart have improved a lot in the 7 or 8 years I've been
using them, but this question of how to allow for just the static ip
configuration at kickstart time continues to come up over and over and
over. Currently, your best bet is to forget about having a nice dialog
interface, and go with the kernel options at the boot prompt. As you've
seen, the dialogs are just plain broken for this purpose, and can result
in an incomplete configuration afterward (no hostname in
/etc/sysconfig/network and only a localhost entry in /etc/hosts).
Since you are already creating your own boot iso and targets therein,
you can include the parameters that are unlikely to vary. Assuming you
know the dns server and netmask and possibly the gateway, the user may
only have to append "ip=<ip_address>" to the target name, which is even
easier than going through the dialogs. E.g.:
label one
kernel vmlinuz
append initrd=initrd.img text nofb gateway=1.2.3.1 dns=1.2.3.4
netmask=255.255.255.0 ks=url_of_ks_file method=url_of_satellite
label two
kernel vmlinuz
append initrd=initrd.img text nofb dns=1.2.3.1 netmask=255.255.255.0
ks=url_of_ks_file method=url_of_satellite
Using target one, the user only needs to enter the ip, with target two,
she'd have to enter ip and gateway. I haven't found it necessary to
include dhcptimeout=0 using this method.
You can also provide an example or reminder in your boot.msg file to
help your users know what to do at the boot prompt:
-----------------------------------------------------------------
...
Please enter one of the following:
one ip=1.2.3.???
OR:
two ip=1.2.???.??? gateway=1.2.???.252
Or specify custom parameters as in this full syntax example:
linux ks=<your_url> method=<your_url> ip=1.2.xxx.yyy
gateway=1.2.xxx.252 dns=1.2.3.1 netmask=255.255.255.0
-----------------------------------------------------------------
In your kickstart file, use a network line like:
network --bootproto=static --noipv6
and no other pre/post hackery is needed.
hth,
Ed
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