As long as we are fixing this, can we also fix the netcfg/interface=auto that's suppose to pick the correct interface when pxe booting? We have machines with multiple interfaces and interface=auto picks eth0 and the link is on eth4, so it complains that it couldn't get a dhcp address and quits the preseed
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Matt Taggart <tagg...@debian.org> wrote: > Regarding #257883, "netcfg: Please offer to configure all network > interfaces" (wow old bug!) I would also like d-i to let me configure > multiple network interfaces. It would be nice if it prompted in > expert mode, but since I'm already using preseeding I'd settle for a > way to configure additional interfaces using late_command or something. > Maybe netcfg could have a flag to indicate you were configuring an > additional interface and not to step on the original config? > > In case it's useful here's my use case: > > All our machines have two networks, a public network and a private > network. To install I pxe boot a machine using the private network > and it gets a throw-away dhcp IP, then loads the preseed file. Then I > use the preseed/run trick mentioned in the manual to cause netcfg to > run again and prompt me for the real static config of the private > network. Then it finishes the install using that new config, but I'd > also like to configure the public network before rebooting. Also > potentially tricky is after configuring the public network I want > the default gateway to be on the public network. > > Work-arounds welcome. > > Thanks, > > -- > Matt Taggart > tagg...@debian.org > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110411234440.bd8031a9...@taggart.lackof.org > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/banlktimsvm8oamyf5vw-wpsvs63ffoc...@mail.gmail.com
