> From: Roderick Johnstone [mailto:rmj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 01 February 2012 16:29 > > On 31/01/12 14:35, Moray Henderson (ICT) wrote: > > > Is there a Thing like list-harddrivesavailable yet to help > kickstarters > > work out what their network card is called - or which is the Ethernet > > and which the Wireless? Or any tips for people wanting to do it the > New > > Way? > > Depending on where and when in the kickstart process you need this info > you can parse the output of /sbin/ifconfig or /sbin/route in the %post > section. > > eg For our Fedora 16 network installs we boot via dhcp and > NetworkManager configures an interface. In the %post section of the > kickstart file we do something like: > > netdevice=`/sbin/route | awk '$1 == "default" { print $8 }'` > > to return the name of the network device. We then make some > customizations to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-${netdevice} Thanks, although it wouldn't work quite that way for us - our servers have network configured manually at first boot time: they _are_ the dhcp server for the rest of the network. However, if ifconfig(8) doesn't help us, ip(8) should, with perhaps a dip into lspci(8) if necessary. Might see if there's anything useful in /sys/class/net or /proc too. Just would be nice to know in advance what to look for! Moray. "To err is human; to purr, feline." _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
