thanks for all your tips!
i removed the /etc/hostname file on the nfsroot and got everything
working again!
i have no idea where the file /etc/hostname (and the "fai-live-host"
hostname) came from...
thanks again!
On 06/18/2012 01:56 PM, Thomas Neumann wrote:
Find the row and add HOSTNAM
>> Find the row and add HOSTNAME=$host:
>> $append="append $initrd $bootprot $rootfs HOSTNAME=$host $opt_k $flags
>> $action\n";
> What does the nfsroot's `hostname` command report as the current hostname?
> Is it the same as the content of HOSTNAME or is it the original/unmodified
> host's name?
> Find the row and add HOSTNAME=$host:
> $append="append $initrd $bootprot $rootfs HOSTNAME=$host $opt_k $flags
> $action\n";
What does the nfsroot's `hostname` command report as the current hostname?
Is it the same as the content of HOSTNAME or is it the original/unmodified
host's name?
etc/sysconfig/network)
> where is the HOSTNAME variable set during the FAI boot?
It's a bash-ism. bash retrieve's the current hostname from the kernel and
defines the HOSTNAME variable. If the session ends (the script terminates)
then whatever you put there is forgotten so I advise
>>>>> On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:19:31 +0200, Hiro Protagonist
>>>>> said:
> the ${HOSTNAME} variable is always "fai-live-host".
Never saw that name.
There are several places where the hostname can bedefined. the initrd
(including the live-boot pack
riginal Message-
From: linux-fai-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:linux-fai-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On
Behalf Of Hiro Protagonist
Sent: Montag, 18. Juni 2012 13:20
To: linux-fai@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Re: HOSTNAME variable
sorry to bother again about this issue, but now i checked that my DNS server
f" fails (temporary failure in name resolution). if i log
in to the live system and change the hostname to the correct hosname by
hand, "# hostname -f" also works.
the ${HOSTNAME} variable is always "fai-live-host".
again my question: where is the hostname (and the HOSTNAM
hello
i seem to have some problems with my DHCP/DNS settings. when trying a
FAI installation, the HOSTNAME variable always resolves to
"fai-live-host". i tried to create a workaround that gets the hostname
from the ipaddress, assigns it to $HOSTNAME (and exports HOSTNAME). but
tha
