Default network configuration during installation, NetworkManager and the /etc/sysconfig/network-script's

[David Cantrell]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 02:18:55PM -0400, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:48:48PM -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> > If you're not installing over the network (and thus there's no network
> > configuration to save out) should the "network config" screen come back?
> > Or should anaconda just activate all devices onboot with DHCP?  The
> > latter sounds like a loss.  If you want stuff set up post-boot without
> > NetworkManager, maybe it's not unreasonable that you have to configure
> > it yourself.  What's the difference if that happens post-install or
> > during install?
> 
> I think it is a perfectly reasonable default to have DHCP enabled by 
> default for all network interfaces, whether NetworkManager is used or 
> not.

Seriously?

-- 
David Cantrell <dcantrell at redhat.com>
Red Hat / Honolulu, HI
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