I had not seen that yet, but it will happen if 'hostname' is never
specified, which I think only happens in the 'static_dhcp' case.  In the
current form System Configurator will blast out the hostname.

I can change it to get rid of the error, however it will mean that using
'static_dhcp' will mean that all installed clients will a) think they are
the same name as the golden-client (in a harvested image) or b) not have an
/etc/hostname file at all (in a built image).  

I think we need to think about getting rid of the two dhcp options, and
making the behavior of dynamic_dhcp be the one defined as "dhcp".

        -Sean

On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 11:35:00AM -0500, Brian Finley wrote:
> Sean,
> 
> By the way, have you seen the error message that System Configurator
> produces at the end of an install?
> 
> "Use of uninitialized value in print at
> /usr/lib/systemconfig/Network/Interfaces.pm line 105"
> 
> -Brian
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2002-07-08 at 13:11, Sean Dague wrote:
> > Excellent!
> > 
> > A couple of things.  I was trying to build systemimager 2.1.x tree on my
> > workstation (Mandrake 8.2).  The following went arry.
> > 
> > 1) 'make docs' blows up.  I can send in more errors if you like.  (It is
> > basically the same sgml convertion errors we got in the past.)
> > 
> > 2) when I try to do 'make initrd.gz' and it builds the kernel, it hangs.  It
> > appears that the config file in CVS is not the latest and greatest, so 'make
> > oldconfig' is hanging waiting for standard in on some new options.  Any
> > chance this just didn't get checked in?
> > 
> > Issue 1 would be nice to resolve, though issue 2 is far more critical. 
> > Looking forward to banging away at the new code.
> > 
> >     -Sean
> > 
> > On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 02:55:19PM -0500, Brian Finley wrote:
> > > A couple of important additions:
> > >         * Gigabit Ethernet support on auto-install clients.
> > >         * Many additional features in BOEL, including a "vi" editor and
> > >           filename completion.
> > >         * syslogd
> > >             * Auto-install clients can send their syslog messages to the
> > >               image server, or to a separate logging server.
> > > 
> > > Cheers, -Brian
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Sat, 2002-06-29 at 10:29, Brian Finley wrote:
> > > > Greetings and salutations,
> > > > 
> > > > This is an update of the current status of the SystemImager development
> > > > code.  The following are some of the key features or modifications that
> > > > will be included in the next stable release(1).  
> > > > 
> > > > Current status of code to be included in next stable release:
> > > >         * Modular kernel
> > > >             * SCSI, file system, other drivers compiled as modules.
> > > >             * Network drivers compiled in statically.
> > > >             * Many more network drivers compiled in.
> > > >             * "Module only" drivers can be used, including network
> > > >               drivers.
> > > >             * Allows a "complete" kernel to be provided with
> > > >               SystemImager
> > > >             * Makes it possible to add support for additional file
> > > >               systems much more easily.
> > > >         * Hardware auto-detection
> > > >             * Necessary modules are automatically loaded.
> > > >         * devfs is used
> > > >             * Eliminates the need to keep up with device files for new
> > > >               block devices as they get added (Hardware RAID controllers
> > > >               for example).
> > > >             * Building of initrd.gz from source code happens faster.
> > > >         * tmpfs
> > > >             * BOEL(2) now uses tmpfs as it's root file system.
> > > >             * Size constraint of files that can be copied to the in
> > > >               memory file system on auto-install clients is effectively
> > > >               eliminated.  See
> > > >               /usr/src/linux/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt for
> > > >               details.
> > > >         * boel_binaries tarball
> > > >             * A single tarball of additional binaries (that don't fit on
> > > >               the auto-install media) is now pulled over to auto-install
> > > >               clients once network connectivity is achieved.
> > > >             * This tarball contains additional kernel modules and other
> > > >               binaries, such as mke2fs, mkraid, mkreiserfs, and their
> > > >               shared libraries.
> > > >         * HP Smart Array 5xxx series
> > > >             * Support for the HP Smart Array 5xxx series of hardware
> > > >               RAID controllers has been added.  These devices use
> > > >               /dev/cciss/* device files.
> > > >         * Other HP Smart Array controllers
> > > >             * Support for HP Smart Array controllers that use /dev/ida/*
> > > >               device files has been added.
> > > >         * IA64
> > > >             * IA64 support has been added.
> > > >             * GPT (GUID Partition Table) support has been added.
> > > >         * Build environment
> > > >             * The entire SystemImager package can be built on any
> > > >               distribution.  It is no longer limited to a hand modified
> > > >               version of a specific Debian release.  
> > > >             * Debian rocks, and I will continue to use it as *my*
> > > >               development environment, but this will make it much easier
> > > >               for packaging into other distributions, and for
> > > >               maintaining past releases.
> > > >         
> > > > Additional features in progress:
> > > >         * Dynamic Partitioning support
> > > >             * Giving users the ability to specify percentages or
> > > >               megabytes for partition schemes.
> > > >             * Easily change file system types used by an image.  This
> > > >               will an image pulled from a golden client using ext2 to be
> > > >               deployed on a machine as reiserfs, for example.
> > > >             * Easily change destination disks.  This will allow an image
> > > >               pulled from a machine with IDE disks to be installed on a
> > > >               machine with SCSI disks.
> > > >             * A single image can me used across machines using different
> > > >               drive types and different file system types.
> > > >         * Netboot control
> > > >             * The ability to control which PXE enabled machines boot
> > > >               from the network, and when they boot.  This will give the
> > > >               system administrator control over network booting so that
> > > >               a machine can be made to boot from the network for an
> > > >               auto-install, but not boot from the network after
> > > >               completing the install.
> > > >         
> > > > Certainly it's not possible to include all improvements here, but as you
> > > > can see, there have been quite a few.  Many of them are structural
> > > > changes that will significantly improve our ability to add support to
> > > > SystemImager for new file systems, hardware, and architectures.  
> > > > 
> > > > And of course you will see a number of bug fixes.  The 2.0.x series
> > > > happened to be a particularly buggy series.  I'm afraid that this was
> > > > partially due to my limited involvement due to lack of funding at the
> > > > time.  Funding levels have increased, and I'm anticipating this next
> > > > release to be a very stable release.
> > > > 
> > > > If you have other features or modifications that you would like to see,
> > > > please submit a feature request (http://systemimager.org/support/) or
> > > > contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to commission development.  If a
> > > > feature you are interested in is already listed, please add a "ME TOO!"
> > > > comment as a logged in SourceForge user.  This will help me determine
> > > > demand for certain features.
> > > > 
> > > > Finally, I would expect you're wondering when this release will happen
> > > > and what it will be called.  I am hoping to make this release prior to
> > > > September, and currently have it slated to be called "3.0.0".  There
> > > > have been enough architectural changes that I believe the changing of
> > > > the first digit is warranted.
> > > > 
> > > > Notes:  
> > > > 
> > > >         1. All of this is subject to change prior to release.
> > > >         2. BOEL is Brian's Own Embedded Linux.  It is the embedded Linux
> > > >            used to auto-install clients.
> > > > 
> > > > Please feel free to forward this message on to other lists, or groups
> > > > that use SystemImager and System Installation Suite (SIS).
> > > > 
> > > > Cheers, -Brian
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > ---------------------------------------------------
> > > >  Brian Elliott Finley  http://baldguysoftware.com/
> > > >   phone: 214.280.8188  http://systemimager.org/           
> > > > ---------------------------------------------------
> > > 
> > > -- 
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> > >  Brian Elliott Finley  http://baldguysoftware.com/
> > >   phone: 214.280.8188  http://systemimager.org/           
> > > ---------------------------------------------------
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> > Sean Dague                [EMAIL PROTECTED]               http://dague.net
> > 
> > There is no silver bullet.  Plus, werewolves make better neighbors than
> > zombies, and they tend to keep the vampire population down.
> > _______________________________________________________________________
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>  Brian Elliott Finley  http://baldguysoftware.com/
>   phone: 214.280.8188  http://systemimager.org/           
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There is no silver bullet.  Plus, werewolves make better neighbors than
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