On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 08:49:49PM +0000, Adrian Bridgett wrote: > Package: debian-installer > > using PXElinux, if you add "IPAPPEND=3" in the pxelinux.cfg, > /proc/cmdline will contain the boot adapter's MAC address. > > Using this we can automatically detect which card the box PXEbooted > from. This removes the need for us to hardcode eth0 on some servers, > eth1 on others, eth5 on yet others. > > I use the attached script (/bin/set-bootif) run from > /lib/debian-installer-startup.d/S32set-bootif: > #!/bin/sh > /bin/set-bootif This is a nice thing to have! Installations get difficult if not all interfaces are usuable for installation (e.g. if they're crosslinks for DRBD).
> db_set netcfg/choose_interface $interface > # must mark question as seen otherwise you are reprompted > db_fset netcfg/choose_interface seen true Isn't prompting o.k. here? Preselecting the correnct interface and giving a message that this was autodetected might be better, because folks might want to choose a different interface. Cheers, -- Guido -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
