Re: static network configuration ask

[Ed Brown <ebrown lanl gov>]

To say this another way, it is not necessary to enter hostname as a 
boot parameter, assuming the ip address can be resolved.

Ed Brown wrote:
> hostname won't be set during the %post scriptlet without some help, but 
> it should be set on reboot just fine.  To set it for the sake of 
> commands in %post (for example, if you need to run cfengine):
>
> hostname `grep HOSTNAME /etc/sysconfig/network |cut -d'=' -f2`
>
> But as the above implies, it should already be configured on reboot.
>
> -Ed
>
>
>
> Kit Stube wrote:
> > That worked for the most part. Ed,  your a genious!
> >
> > The only problem now is that it didn't set the hostname.  Is there 
> > some way
> > to use something like $hostname in post so I can set all that up?
> > Perhaps that was what Pablo was trying to tell me?    I don't 
> > understand how
> > to process /proc/commandline.    Does anyone have an example?
> > I would be greatly appreciative.
> >
> > Kit
> >
> >
> >
> > On 8/30/07, Ed Brown <ebrown lanl gov> wrote:
> > > > boot: ip=blah gateway=blah netmask=blah dns=blah
> > > This is not quite complete.  And actually, we make a custom boot cd,
> > > with multiple targets that contain the common parameters, so all
> > > that's needed at the boot prompt is target, ip and gateway.  You'll
> > > probably need at least this:
> > >
> > > boot: linux ks=http://url_of_kickstart_file ip=... gateway=...
> > > netmask=... dns=...
> > >
> > > -Ed
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