8:16 p.m.
I have this kickstart file from
https://wiki.rit.edu/display/KGCOELTSP/Example+Kickstart+File
there the network configuration is mentioned as:
network --bootproto=dhcp --device=eth0
But I want the kickstart to automatically choose the connected interface
(ie figure out the device that is connected and selecting that device) so
that the PXE installation can continue. How can I change the kickstart to
avoid being hardcoded to eth0?
Thanks.
3:07 p.m.
On 2/24/15 9:16 PM, Lê Hoàng Anh wrote:
But I want the kickstart to automatically choose the connected
interface
Double check, I think this used to work:
network --bootproto=dhcp --device=link
Which says to use the device that has a link available. (i.e. plugged in.)
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5:46 p.m.
Thank you everyone for helping me on this!
I got this solved by editing the cobbler profile with --kopts= "url=
http://www.example.net/preseed.cfg
debian-installer/locale=en_US console"
Reference :
http://searchitchannel.techtarget.com/feature/Performing-an-automated-Ubu...
Thank you!
Sahaja K.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Michael Tiernan <mtiernan(a)mit.edu> wrote:
On 2/24/15 9:16 PM, Lê Hoàng Anh wrote:
> But I want the kickstart to automatically choose the connected interface
Double check, I think this used to work:
network --bootproto=dhcp --device=link
Which says to use the device that has a link available. (i.e. plugged in.)
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9:59 p.m.
Thank you everyone, I use the command:
cobbler profile edit --name=Ubuntu14-x86_64 --kopts="priority=critical
locale=en_US netcfg/choose_interface=auto"
and it work ok. Thanks for help me !!
2015-02-26 6:46 GMT+07:00 Sahaja Koorapati <sahaja.koorapati(a)gmail.com>:
Thank you everyone for helping me on this!
I got this solved by editing the cobbler profile with --kopts= "url=
http://www.example.net/preseed.cfg
debian-installer/locale=en_US console"
Reference :
http://searchitchannel.techtarget.com/feature/Performing-an-automated-Ubu...
Thank you!
Sahaja K.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Michael Tiernan <mtiernan(a)mit.edu> wrote:
> On 2/24/15 9:16 PM, Lê Hoàng Anh wrote:
> > But I want the kickstart to automatically choose the connected interface
>
> Double check, I think this used to work:
> network --bootproto=dhcp --device=link
> Which says to use the device that has a link available. (i.e. plugged in.)
>
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5:16 p.m.
On 25 February 2015 at 04:16, Lê Hoàng Anh <atwroro(a)gmail.com> wrote:
But I want the kickstart to automatically choose the connected
interface
(ie figure out the device that is connected and selecting that device) so
that the PXE installation can continue. How can I change the kickstart to
avoid being hardcoded to eth0?
When talking about Ubuntu, I assume you mean the preseed for
debian-installer rather than using kickstart?
I used to work with dual-homed machines having Intel NICs, and trying to
get debian-installer to choose the correct (connected) interface was always
problematic. The default behaviour is supposed/documented to be to choose
the first NIC found with an active link. In practise, it never worked for
me, right through to Ubuntu 14.04; it always gave up on auto-choosing an
interface and every time presented a choice on the console. At the time
there were several bugs opened on various bugtrackers about it -
unfortunately none of which I can locate right now (it's a tough topic to
google for).
The only thing that worked for me, was to specify a fixed interface as part
of kernel parameters (you can't specify in a preseed file, because the
preseed file hasn't been retrieved at the point this decision needs to be
made). Related issue described at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netcfg/+bug/855921
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