[et-mgmt-tools] Question about cobbler - variable substitution

[Rainer Duffner]

Am 04.12.2007 um 22:50 schrieb Michael DeHaan:

>
>
> In your systems file, I do not see a MAC set for the first  
> interface, just the second.


Well, I can put in a MAC - but I thought it was not relevant, because  
I do PXE-boot on eth1 (the "backend interface").
I didn't know it would generate a pxelinux.cfg file out of that MAC...


>
> Any chance it was created with --mac1=value versus --mac=value?
>


It was created via the web-interface.
Does the web-interface log the XMLRPC-commands somewhere?


> I can duplicate your problem with the first interface remains  
> empty. This is most definitely
> a bug, though probably one that few people would encounter.
>
> I'll put in a fix. In the meantime, you can edit that file to add  
> the interface to the 'intf0' part
> and delete the entirity of 'intf1' part, and it will work fine. If  
> you'd rather not worry about
> tweaking the config files, the Web UI can also do this.
>
> Hope that helps... I'll file a defect on this on the Trac page.
>



So, you mean I could make all the settings that I currently have on  
eth1 also on eth0 and omit eth1?
And ksdevice: eth1 will do the trick?

...tries it....

Ha, now I have another file in that directory.

I cannot go further, because the hardware is actually an ESX-guest,  
and the VI-client only runs on Windoze (which I don't have).

I'll work on this tomorrow (GMT+1).

Again: thanks a lot for your efforts.


cheers,
Rainer
-- 
Rainer Duffner
CISSP, LPI, MCSE
rainer at ultra-secure.de