On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 04:52:24PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Rick_Thomas wrote: > > The scenario that has a problem is where you are using preseeding for > > everything *but* hostname and domainname. You are getting host and > > domain name from DHCP. > > > > There should be some way to tell preseeding that you want it to trust > > DHCP and use it for getting what can be gotten -- not to bother the user > > unless some critical parameter can't be gotten from DHCP. append
netcfg/get_hostname=x netcfg/get_domain=x > > The preseeding documentation explains how to do this. People will get hit by #276726 May this can prevent that: # diff -u installer/doc/manual/en/appendix/example-preseed.xml.svn # installer/doc/manual/en/appendix/example-preseed.xml --- installer/doc/manual/en/appendix/example-preseed.xml.svn 2004-10-15 23:39:01.000000000 +0000 +++ installer/doc/manual/en/appendix/example-preseed.xml 2004-10-15 23:39:50.000000000 +0000 @@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ # Note that any hostname and domain names assigned from dhcp take # precidence over values set here. However, setting the values still # prevents the questions from being shown even if values come from # dhcp. -d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname -d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain +d-i netcfg/get_hostname string x +d-i netcfg/get_domain string x # Disable that annoying WEP key dialog. d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
