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

[Chuck Anderson]

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.