On Sun, 18 Feb 2007, Geert Stappers wrote:
> tag 411367 wontfix
> stop
>
> The wish to disclose the MAC address during installation doesn't make sense.
I disagree. Most of my servers have dual ethernet chips. I know which
MAC is connected because tftp/dhcp already have that information. What
makes matters more difficult is that half the time the "Port 1" and
"Port 2" labels on the chassis refer to eth0 and eth1, the other half
it's eth1 and eth0 (i.e. reversed). It's always the same guesswork
which is unnecessary and time consuming.
> Using^WAbusing the installer for display the MAC address is IMNSHO plain
> wrong.
> Networkadministrators how do need the MAC address should check the actual
> hardware, the documentation it came with or find another way like
> switching console and using ifconfig.
Which means going out all the way to the main screen, selecing execute a
shell, and then running ifconfig -a. When you install using serial
console this is an annoying task that takes far longer than it should to
get this information.
Please reconsider.
Peter
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