Since at least 60, Redhat has always been able to pick up the hostname
and IP address, by (I think) first getting an IP, and then doing a
reverse lookup on the IP Would it be possible to do it this way first
(and only prompt for a hostname if the dhcp request without hostname
failed)?
Buchan
David Walluck [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The DHCP network install now asks for your hostname before the
install starts, but it does not seem to set the HOSTNAME var
properly, and uses the one provided by DHCP instead. Apparently,
this hostname is only used to bring up the network and not
Buchan Milne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Since at least 6.0, Redhat has always been able to pick up the
hostname and IP address, by (I think) first getting an IP, and
then doing a reverse lookup on the IP. Would it be possible to do
it this way first (and only prompt for a hostname if the dhcp
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Subject: Re: [Cooker] Problem with DHCP install
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 04:43:36 -0700
From: David Eastcott [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Monday 04 March 2002 03:25 pm, you wrote:
The DHCP network install now asks for your hostname before
The DHCP network install now asks for your hostname before the install
starts, but it does not seem to set the HOSTNAME var properly, and uses
the one provided by DHCP instead. Apparently, this hostname is only used
to bring up the network and not during the install. And if the network
is
