help with network configuration

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maybe there is something wrong with your spell,please verify '–hostname',it  '--' not '–'



That’s what I ended up doing.

 

I change the host name in /etc/hosts and /etc/sysconfig/network, and I manually reconfigure ethX by playing with the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX files. Everything is done in a %post section.

 

I just wished there was an easier way to configure networking in the kickstart configuration file.

 

Have a nice day

GV

 

From:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf OfMoray Henderson
Sent:Friday, January 21, 2011 8:26 AM
To:'Discussion list about Kickstart'
Subject:RE: help with network configuration

 

From:Gianluca Varenni [mailto:gianluca.varenni at gmail.com]
Is there a way in the kickstart configuration file to tell anaconda to configure the network interfaces with some parameters (e.g. DHCP vs static IP, onboot…) but do *not* bring them up during installation (so in practice just write the ifcfg-ethX files)?

I tried with

 

network  --bootproto=dhcp --device=eth0 --onboot=on –hostname=myhost

 

but the problem is that during the installation it tries to bring eth0 up and get the IP address (eventually timing out).

If I don’t put that line in the kickstart file, all the interfaces are silently configured for DHCP and onboot=yes, and the hostname is not configured.

 

Don’t configure the network in the kickstart and write the hostname configuration from the %post section; or configure a dummy IP with thenetworkoption  then edit the network configuration in %post?

 

 

Moray.
"To err is human.  To purr, feline"

 

 

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